单词contrivance
n.: 非自然之物；人工产物；矫揉造作；精巧（或复杂）的装置
网络: 发明；发明的才能；设计
非自然之物；人工产物；矫揉造作:
something that sb has done or written that does not seem natural; the fact of seeming artificial
精巧（或复杂）的装置；专用工具:
a clever or complicated device or tool made for a particular purpose
计谋；圈套；采用计谋（或圈套）:
a clever plan or trick; the act of using a clever plan or trick
机械装置
创制品
器件
办法,技巧,巧妙方法,改装的办法
人为的修饰,巧饰
计策,奸计,诡计
创造品
奇巧的制作物,新发明,装置,设备
发明[设计]的才能;机巧,巧思
发明,设计(方案),计划
复数：contrivances
n.gadgetthingamajigdeviceapparatusmachine
Someone says that the contrivance person of the coffee of Ireland is all Berlin the bartender of the airport.
有人说爱尔兰咖啡的发明人是都柏林机场的酒保。
till the next morning , however , she was not aware of all the felicity of her contrivance.
不过，她的神机妙算究竟造成了多大幸福，她一直到第二天早上才知道。
If there is one criticism of this book, it is that there is an occasional sense of strain, of intellectual contrivance.
如果要说批评的话，就是文中偶然闪现的紧张感，理智分析的后果。
The Socratic dialectics, so magnificently exemplified in the dialogues of Plato, were a contrivance of this description.
象柏拉图对话中所例示的那样雄伟的苏格拉底式辩论法，就是我所说的这种办法。
Yet, the third definition of the word "engineering" is "skillful or artful contrivance; maneuvering. "
第三种关于‘工程学’的定义是‘熟练的或者巧妙的发明创造；机动。
The clock is , itself, a contrivance , of course, but no more so than other pretexts for a wintertime sexual encounter .
这个钟本身固然是一个发明，但不过是为冬天的性生活寻找其它借口而已。
In honor of contrivance country, 1926, the first batch world ping-pong championships holds in London.
为了纪念发明国，1926年，第一届世界乒乓球锦标赛在伦敦举行。
For centuries before , curved glass was the popular contrivance for producing not truth but illusion, untruth.
（四册32）之前的几个世纪期间，曲面镜一直是一种用于产生幻影而不是产生真象的把戏装置。
His personal force and genius , combined with so much persuasion and contrivance, swept aside many obstacles .
他本人的精力与才华，再加上他能循循善诱，办法也多，就把许许多多的障碍一扫而光。
Curved glass was the popular contrivance for producing not truth but illusion, untruth.
曲面镜不是用来产生真实影像，而是用来产生幻影（即假象）的流行器件。