1. They contrived a new kind of machine. 他们设计了新种类的机器。
2. Their sudden outburst was obviously genuine; it couldn't have been contrived. 他们突如其来的发作显然是真的，这是装不出来的。
3. This is because poetry is, in the first instance, carefully contrived to express exactly what the poet wants to say. 这是因为诗首先要经过精心构思，以便确切地表达诗人所想要抒发的思想感情。
英英解释
adj.
1. showing effects of planning or manipulation
2. artificially formal
