| 1. | They can plan and contrive and see ahead . 他们能出谋划策,预测未来。 |
| 2. | I must contrive a new career . 我必须给自己的前途想出个新的办法来。 |
| 3. | I can contrive without meat . 我没有肉也能凑合(吃这顿饭)。 |
| 4. | He contrived to get himself disliked . 他费了许多苦心反而弄得大家都讨厌他了。 |
| 5. | He contrived to make a mess of the whole thing . 他挖空心思反而把事情全盘弄糟了。 |
| 6. | She had contrived to plaster up her wounds . 她已经煞费苦心地将自己的创伤包扎起来。 |
| 7. | He contrived to persuade me 他千方百计想说服我。 |
| 8. | All events, however small, are contrived by god, or else the devil . 事无巨细都是上帝或魔鬼的旨意。 |
| 9. | 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。 |
| 10. | He contrived to keep up appearances to a certain extent before rushton . 他在拉什顿面前竭力振作起精神。 |