| 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。 |
