contrived

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。

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His paintings are contrived and formulaic.

他的绘画作品做作而又俗套。

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The plot seems contrived.

情节看起来不真实。

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She contrived to spend a couple of hours with him every Sunday evening.

每周星期日晚上她都设法与他待上几个小时。

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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。

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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.

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He contrived to make matters worse.

他弄巧成拙.

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He contrived a new machine for flying.

他设计了一种新式飞行器.

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He contrived to make the matter worse.

他图谋使事情恶化.

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"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。”

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It mustn't sound like a contrived compliment.

它听起来不能像是虚情假意的恭维。

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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。

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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.

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All events , however small , are contrived by God, or else the Devil.

事无巨细都是上帝或魔鬼的旨意.

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He contrived to make a mess of the whole thing.

他挖空心思反而把事情全盘弄糟了.

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