contrive

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※ 提供单词"contrive"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

contrive 发明，创造，谋划

con-, 强调。-triv, 来自-trop, 转，寻找，词源同turn, tropical. 本义指努力寻找的，进行发明创造的。

contrive: contrive: [14] In Middle English, contrive was controve; it was not transformed into contrive (perhaps under the influence of Scottish pronunciation) until the 15th century. It came via Old French controver from Latin contropāre ‘represent metaphorically, compare’, a compound verb based on the prefix com- ‘too’ and tropus ‘figure of speech’ (source of English trope). The word’s meaning has progressed through ‘compare via a figure of speech’ and Old French ‘imagine’ to ‘devise’.
=> trope
contrive (v.): early 14c., from Old French controver (Modern French controuver) "to find out, contrive, imagine," from Late Latin contropare "to compare" (via a figure of speech), from Latin com- "with" (see com-) + tropus "song, musical mode," from Greek tropos "figure of speech" (see trope).

Sense evolution (in French) was from "invent with ingenuity" to "invent falsely." Spelled contreve until unexplained 15c. sound change that also affected briar, friar, choir. Related: Contrived; contriving.

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3. She found it difficult to contrive when prices of everything went up.: 百物涨价时,她觉得料理家务很难.

4. They, having first persuaded themselves, contrive to influence their neighbours.: 他们首先自己信服了之后, 便设法诱使邻居