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1·The story is told with a complete absence of contrivance.

这故事讲得毫不矫揉造作。《牛津词典》

2·They always come up with some contrivance to raise prices.

他们总是想出一些诡计来提价。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

3·It was another good contrivance.

这又是一种不错的新设计。

4·An ingenious or imaginative contrivance.

这项巧妙的计划不可能失败。

5·Some things are beyond human contrivance.

有些事情人们是无能为力的。

6·Contrivance is obvious throughout the book.

全书从头至尾有明显的雕琢痕迹。

7·Such a machine is beyond the contrivance of ordinary people.

这种机器是一般人发明不出来的。

8·Martin had learned the contrivance from Joe at the Shelly Hot Springs.

那设计是马丁在雪莉温泉旅馆从乔那里学来的。

9·Only human art or science or art, human contrivance, can bring about peace.

只有人类的艺术或科学，人类的发明，能够带来和平。

10·Most poor nations, living very hard, create contrivance, this road, they walk.

多数贫穷国家，生活十分艰苦，创造发明，这条道路，他们走。

发明

1·With more time spent on computers and less with each others, people start to fear the dehumanizing effect of this wonderful human contrivance.

人们花在电脑上的时间多了，花在人同他人交往上的时间少了，于是人们开始对这项人类伟大发明所带来的非人性效果感到恐惧。

2·Only human art or science or art, human contrivance, can bring about peace.

只有人类的艺术或科学，人类的发明，能够带来和平。

3·Most poor nations, living very hard, create contrivance, this road, they walk.

多数贫穷国家，生活十分艰苦，创造发明，这条道路，他们走。