Contriving

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Contrive

校对:蒂米

• They will talk of it freely, even before others whose pockets they are thus contriving to pick by this piece of knavery. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• To these scanty means of improvement, she added another of her own contriving. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• Then arose the necessity of contriving some form of bridge of extensive span that would be sufficiently strong and rigid for railway trains to pass over them in safety. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• It's my sister's contriving. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• He's a very contriving chap is our William. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Wonderful ingenuity has been shown in contriving a means to enable people to ascend the Wetterhorn Mountain in Switzerland. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• At this very moment he is wild to see you, and occupied only in contriving the means for doing so, and for making his pleasure conduce to yours. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• He was uneasy all the while, waiting to talk with her, subtly contriving to be near her. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• I am sure you ought to be very much obliged to your aunt Bertram and me for contriving to let you go. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• She admired him for contriving it, though not able to give him much credit for the manner in which it was announced. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.

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