- 1不自然的、牽強的、矯揉造作的
Something contrived does not feel natural. A story ending can be contrived if the writer forced the pieces together so the hero wins. A smile can be contrived if it is put on for the room. A plan can be contrived if you can still see the strings. The word is a quiet criticism: the life has gone out of it; the making-up shows. You will hear it from teachers talking about essays, from critics talking about films, and from anyone who feels a moment was too neat to be true. Though actually, the verb contrive can be almost a compliment — she contrived to get tickets, meaning she managed it, — but the adjective contrived is nearly always . That split is the messy truth of the family. When people say a plot is contrived, they mean it was built, not born.
組成The adjective from the verb contrive (to plan or invent), with -ed.
同家族的字
- contrivethe verb — to plan or manage to do something, often cleverly
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
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contrivedadj/kənˈtɹaɪvd/
- 1
Created in a deliberate, rather than natural or spontaneous, way.
- contrived joke
- contrived answer
- 2
Unnatural, forced; artificial, or unrealistic.
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