contrivance
🇺🇸
/kənˈtraɪvəns/
🇬🇧
/kənˈtraɪvəns/
noun
R
Something that seems fake or forced.
Examinations are a contrivance to see how a student tackles new problems.
考试是一种用来观察学生如何解决新问题的方法。
R
A clever device or tool made for a specific purpose.
His workshop was full of mechanical contrivances.
他的车间里充满了各种机械装置。
R
A clever plan or trick.
It was an ingenious contrivance to get her to sign the document without reading it.
这是一个巧妙的装置，让她在不阅读的情况下签署文件。
translation
人为做作, 巧妙装置, 巧妙计策
词形变化
Plural
contrivances