名詞 contrivance:

1. a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
   同義詞：appliance, contraption, convenience, gadget, gizmo, gismo, widget
2. the faculty of contriving; inventive skill
3. an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade
   同義詞：stratagem, dodge
4. an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.
5. any improvised arrangement for temporary use
   同義詞：lash-up
6. the act of devising something
   同義詞：devisal

1. A device or contrivance; a gadget.
   玩意兒一種裝置或發(fā)明物; 小機件
2. He erected some contrivance for storing rainwater.
   他裝設(shè)了一種貯存雨水的器具。
3. I have an ingenious contrivance to get her to sign the document without reading it.
   我有一條不經(jīng)她過目就簽署文件的妙計。

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n.（名詞）

The act of contriving.
設(shè)計：發(fā)明或設(shè)計的行為
The state of being contrived.
人工化痕跡：被發(fā)明或設(shè)計的狀態(tài)
Something contrived, as a mechanical device or a clever plan.
發(fā)明物：發(fā)明或設(shè)計的東西，如機械裝置或巧妙計劃