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- contrive to do something
to manage to do something despite difficulties （不顾困难而）设法做到 - contrive something
to succeed in making something happen despite difficulties （克服困难）促成某事 - contrive something
to think of or make something, for example a plan or a machine, in a clever way 巧妙地策划；精巧地制造（如机器）
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French contreuve-, stressed stem of controver ‘imagine, invent’, from medieval Latin contropare ‘compare’.