contrive
[kən'traɪv] verb transitive
■to arrange a situation or event, or arrange for something to happen, using clever planning 巧妙安排；谋划，策划•Couldn't you contrive a meeting between them? I think they'd be ideally suited.你不能为他们安排一次会面吗？我想他们俩会挺配的。 •[+ to infinitive] Somehow she contrived to get tickets for the concert.她不知透过甚么方式得到了音乐会的门票。 ■to invent and/or make a device or other object in a clever and possibly unusual way 设计；发明；创造•Do you think you could contrive something for hanging my clothes on until I can get a wardrobe?你能设计个东西让我在买到衣柜前挂衣服吗？ |