He certainly contrived to execute his commission with a curious felicity.

他肯定怀有一种奇妙的幸福感，极力完成他的使命。

But I agree, it does feel a little contrived.

但是我同意， 这感觉有点牵强。

But the whole numbers thing, this 'utils' idea it does seem a little contrived.

但就整体而言，这个" 幸福效用" 的想法似乎有点儿做作。

Donald Trump has contrived this whole fantasy in his mind without even visiting Portland.

唐纳德·特朗普根本没去过波特兰，却在自己脑子里编造了整个幻想。

Schindler contrived to save more than 1,000 Polish Jews from the Nazis.

【contrive】辛德勒设法从纳粹手中营救了1,000多名波兰犹太人。

They say that it is all contrived.

他们表示这一切都是人为的。

Bit of a contrived analogy, but you get the idea.

有点牵强的比喻，但你明白我的意思。

A group of scientists contrived a new idea to deal with the experiment.

一群科学家想出了一个新主意来处理这个实验。

By good management , however, she contrived to do so, and also to send Henry, the oldest, to school, and to supply him, for the most part, with such books as he needed.

但通过不断的苦心经营，她想办法撑起了这个家，还送她最大的孩子亨利去读书，给他提供了上学所需要的大部分书籍。

When he saw the convict approaching him with the bloody knife in his hand he kicked off his bonds, which he had somehow contrived to loosen, and rushing down the deck he plunged into the after-hold.

他见普伦德加斯特手持血淋淋的屠刀向他走来，便挣开事先设法弄松了的绑索，跑上甲板，一头钻进尾舱。

Lord and master over all this scene, the captain stood erect on the ship's elevated quarter-deck, so that the whole rejoicing drama was full before him, and seemed merely contrived for his own individual diversion.

船长笔直地站在高出一块的后甲板上，主宰和支配着整个现场，这样一来，整个欢庆的戏剧场面便底，似乎仅仅是为他个人消遣而设计的。

But I have contrived a play based on jazz age slang will use a lot of the expressions we've just used, plus some more.

但是我设计了一个基于爵士乐时代俚语的戏剧，它将使用我们刚刚使用的很多表达，甚至加上更多别的。

Her counterpart Daryl McCormack is also great, but compared to Thompson's character, his role is slightly underwritten, which leads to some contrived scenes towards the end.

她的对手达里尔·麦科马克也很出色，但与汤普森的角色相比，他的角色略平淡，这导致了最后一些场景有些做作。

Hagrid's face darkened and Harry knew why: Tom Riddle had contrived to have Hagrid thrown out of school, blamed for opening the Chamber of Secrets.

海格的脸色陰沉下来，哈利知道为什么：由汤姆·里德尔主使，将密室事件嫁祸于海格，结果他被赶出学校。

So you throw on a contrived smile before you go out the door, even when you're having a bad day, as great as smiling feels.

所以，即使你今天过得很糟糕，你也会在出门前挤出一个矫揉造作的微笑，管微笑的感觉很好。

And there, if all goes well, it will stick—blocking the hole in a manner suitable to its rather contrived acronym.

在这里如果一切顺利的话，就像这个装置有点蹩脚的的英文首字母缩略语道出的，它就会像一个塞子一样堵住裂口。

So, Zeus contrived a trap: a fluffy cloud that resembled Hera exactly.

因此，宙斯设计了一个陷阱：一朵与赫拉完全相似的蓬松云彩。

Nothing, really. It's just a contrived plot device to give you all a reason to introduce yourselves.

没什么原因。这只是个人为设计的阴谋，给你们一个自我介绍的理由。

The rest contrived to escape for the time, but only to be taken, as will hereafter be seen, by some other craft than the Pequod.

其他的都暂时逃脱了，但是以后会看到，它们只是被“裴阔德号”以外的船只捕获了。

It is a simple, but effective motivation, which is also shown by its absence in the sequels, in which John's motivation feels rather contrived.

这是一个简单而有效的动机，在续集中没有出现也说明了这一点，在续集中，约翰的动机给人一种相当矫揉造作的感觉。