contrived

adj.

1. 预谋的；不自然的；人为的；矫揉造作的；做作的
   planned in advance and not natural or genuine; written or arranged in a way that is not natural or realistic
   1. a contrived situation
      人为的状况
   2. The book's happy ending seemed contrived.
      这部书大团圆的结局读来让人感到不真实。

1. ADJ-GRADED 人为的;虚假的;捏造的;矫揉造作的
   If you say that something someone says or does is contrived, you think it is false and deliberate, rather than natural and not planned.
   1. There was nothing contrived or calculated about what he said...
      他说的话里没有任何蓄意捏造的成分。
   2. It mustn't sound like a contrived compliment.
      它听起来不能像是虚情假意的恭维。
2. ADJ-GRADED (戏剧、电影、小说等)虚构的，不足信的，不真实的
   If you say that the plot of a play, film, or novel is contrived, you mean that it is unlikely and unconvincing.
   1. The plot seems contrived.
      情节看起来不真实。

1. The orchestra contrived to produce some of its best playing for years.
   这支管弦乐队呈现了精彩的演奏，堪称其多年来的巅峰演奏。
2. They somehow contrived to lose tens of thousands of applications.
   他们精心策划故意遗失了数万份申请书。
3. There was nothing contrived or calculated about what he said
   他说的话里没有任何蓄意捏造的成分。
4. It mustn't sound like a contrived compliment.
   它听起来不能像是虚情假意的恭维。
5. The plot seems contrived.
   情节看起来不真实。
6. His paintings are contrived and formulaic.
   他的绘画作品做作而又俗套。
7. 'We're not that contrived. We're not that theatrical.' — 'That's a matter of opinion.'
   “我们没那么造作，也没那么夸张。”——“见仁见智喽。”
8. The cause they contrived so painstakingly also ended in failure.
   他们惨淡经营的事业也以失败而告终。
9. 'It can look silly, too contrived,'he says.
   “那种打扮看上去傻里傻气的，太做作了。”布鲁厄如是说。
10. This is a contrived example designed to simulate a data source that sends data in an asynchronous manner.
    这是一个特别设计的例子，用于模拟以异步方式发送数据的数据源。
11. They both had done too much rehearsing and it came of fake and contrived.
    他们都做了太多的演练，而实际上都是装腔作势。
12. I have dreamed this of Akron, and I have contrived it in other places.
    我在阿克伦时就梦想着这种体验，而在别的地方则实现了这种体验。
13. So we've contrived various justifications that turn out to be half-truths, prejudices or myths.
    所以我们发明了很多自认为有理的辩护，这些辩护成了半真半假的陈词、偏见和荒诞的说法。
14. After much difficulty, he contrived to stop drinking!
    克服许多困难之后，他设法做到了戒酒！
15. The inventor contrived a new kind of engine with fewer moving parts.
    这位发明家发明了一种具有较少运动部件的新型发动机。
16. I feel that the villa is first and foremost a home-not a contrived space.
    我觉得别墅首先是一个家-不是一个人为的空间。
17. The whole thing is contrived secretly by her.
    这是从头至尾都是她秘密策划的。
18. After a lot of difficulty I contrived to attract the President's attention.
    经过很多困难，我总算设法引起了总统的注意。
19. He contrived a plan for a new machine.
    他设计了一种新机器。
20. If you read between the lines, you can detect his contrived explanation.
    在字里行间，你可以看出他牵强的解释。
21. The couple contrived to bring up their children on a small income.
    这对夫妻设法以菲薄的收入把孩子抚养成人。
22. Somehow she contrived to get tickets for the concert.
    不管怎样，她设法弄到了音乐会的票。
23. He contrived to make the matter worse.
    他图谋使事情恶化。
24. They contrived to murder their boss; design a new sales strategy; plan an attack.
    他们设计谋杀老板；设计一个新销售策略；设计一次进攻。
25. She had contrived a match between her father and frank's mother.
    她曾谋划使自己的父亲与弗兰克的母亲配成一对。
26. We contrived a way to escape from the locked room.
    我们想出了一个从这个锁着的房间逃出去的办法。
27. The children contrived a pulley to lift things into their tree house.
    这些小孩子设计了一个滑轮，可以将东西吊进他们树上的房子。
28. The writer contrived a happy ending.
    作者安排了一个大团圆的结局。
29. We contrived to have an enjoyable holiday in spite of the rain.
    尽管下雨，我们还是设法过了一个快乐的假期。
30. After much difficulty I contrived to escape.
    经过千辛万苦，我才逃出来了。

adj

1. artificially formal
   1. that artificial humility that her husband hated
   2. contrived coyness
   3. a stilted letter of acknowledgment
   4. when people try to correct their speech they develop a stilted pronunciation

   Synonym:    artificialhokeystilted

2. showing effects of planning or manipulation
   1. a novel with a contrived ending