contrive

🇬🇧 UK/kәn'traiv/🇺🇸 US
IELTSTOEFLGREC1

Definitions

v.

To plan or devise something cleverly; to invent or scheme a way to achieve something.

设计,谋划,想出办法

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
contogether, with
+
triveother
=contrive

Common Collocations

  • 1.contrive to设法做到
  • 2.contrive plan策划计划

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    He managed to contrive a plan to escape from prison without raising suspicion.

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