All events , however small , are contrived by God, or else the Devil.

The inventor contrived a new kind of engine with fewer moving parts.

这位发明家发明了一种具有较少运动部件的新型发动机.

They somehow contrived to lose tens of thousands of applications.

他们精心策划故意遗失了数万份申请书。

It mustn't sound like a contrived compliment.

它听起来不能像是虚情假意的恭维。

"We're not that contrived. We're not that theatrical." — "That's a matter of opinion."

“我们没那么造作，也没那么夸张。”——“见仁见智喽。”

He contrived to make the matter worse.

他图谋使事情恶化.

He contrived a new machine for flying.

他设计了一种新式飞行器.

He contrived to make matters worse.

他弄巧成拙.

The cause they contrived so painstakingly also ended in failure.

他们惨淡经营的事业也以失败而告终.

The book's happy ending seemed contrived.

这部书大团圆的结局读来让人感到不真实。

She contrived to spend a couple of hours with him every Sunday evening.

每周星期日晚上她都设法与他待上几个小时。

The plot seems contrived.

情节看起来不真实。

The orchestra contrived to produce some of its best playing for years.

这支管弦乐队呈现了精彩的演奏，堪称其多年来的巅峰演奏。

Chance contrives better than we ourselves.

机遇往往出人意料;人算不如天算.

The striver contrives to derive that privacy can't be deprived.

奋斗者想方设法推导得出隐私（权）不可剥夺。

It often causes a lot of inconvenience contriving a scheme to stable the system.

进一步要找到适当的控制方案以实现它的稳定控制同样是件麻烦事.

He is contriving to kill her.

他正在计谋杀她.

We're cutting and contriving to make both ends meet.

我们正省吃俭用,以免入不敷出.

The notorious drug-pusher has been contriving an escape from the prison.

臭名昭著的大毒枭一直都在图谋越狱.

Why may not several Deities combine in contriving and framing a world?

为什么不可能是数个神联合起来,设计和构造世界 呢 ?

The oil companies were accused of contriving a shortage of gasoline to justify price increases.

石油公司被控故意制造石油短缺以名正言顺地提高油价。