contrive
US: /kənˈtɹaɪv/
UK: /kəntɹˈaɪv/
UK: /kəntɹˈaɪv/
English Vietnamese dictionary
contrive /kən'traiv/
- động từ
- nghĩ ra, sáng chế ra
- to contrive a device for opening tins: nghĩ ra được một cái để mở hộp
- trù tính, trù liệu, tính toán; bày đặt, xếp đặt
- xoay xở, lo liệu (việc nhà...)
- bày mưu tính kế
- nghĩ ra, sáng chế ra
Advanced English dictionary
+ verb (formal)
1 [V to inf] to manage to do sth in spite of difficulties: She contrived to spend a couple of hours with him every Sunday evening. + Somehow they contrived to live on her tiny income.
2 [VN] to succeed in making sth happen in spite of difficulties: I decided to contrive a meeting between the two of them.
3 [VN] to think of or make sth, for example a plan or a machine, in a clever way: They contrived a plan to defraud the company.
Concise English dictionary
contrives|contrived|contrivingkən'traɪv
verb
+make or work out a plan for; devise
+come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort
+put or send forth
