Since the dawn of human ingenuity, people have devised ever more cunning tools to cope with work that is dangerous, boring, burdensome, or just plain nasty.

从人类最初有了智慧至今，人们一直在设计日益巧妙工具来处理那些危险、、繁重或者只是一般肮脏工作。

History of Magic was by common consent the most boring subject ever devised by wizardkind.

魔法史被公为是巫师界设计最一门课程。

I had been entrusted With the most frightful weapon ever devised.

我受委托 携带着有史以来人类发明出最可怕武器。

I devised a coherent system for living. It was a moral system, which was wholly logical.

我设计了一套完整统一生活体系，这是一个道德体系，具有完全逻辑性。

He devised a new method for teaching the blind.

他设计出一种教导盲人新方法。

They devise a plan so bold, no one has ever attempted it before.

他们设计了一个大胆计划 从前从未有人尝试过。

To young men jointly, I devise and bequeath all boisterous inspiring sports of rivalry, and I give to them the disdain of weakness and undaunted confidence in their own strength.

五，对于年轻人，我留给他们所有激烈，具有启迪性竞争运动，无惧弱点品质和对自己力量坚定信心。

" Hope has proven a powerful predictor of outcome in every study we've done so far, " said Doctor Charles R. Snyder, a psychologist who has devised a scale to assess how much hope a person has.

查尔斯 R·斯奈德博士，一个设计了如何评估个人拥有多少希望心理学家说：“我们做过每一项研究表明，希望是结有力预言者。”

It would be unrealistic to devise a customised educations which caters to each pupil according to his aptitudes.

根据每个小学生能力来制定个人教育，这也是不现实。

We devised two challenges to find out.

我们设计了两个挑战来找出答案。

Even if Mr Romney could devise a workable plan, overcoming political resistance is another matter.

即便罗姆尼可以想出一个可行计划，要抵御政治上阻力又是另一回事了。

Arnold Schoenberg devised a 12-tone scheme of atonal music about a century ago.

一个世纪以前，Arnold Schoenberg已经设计出一种无调音乐，由12音色组合而成。

We hired a consultant to devise a new system for our company.

我们雇用一位顾问来帮公司设计一套新制度。

Well, I'm sure the press office can devise something convincing and meaningless.

我相信新闻办公室能想出点像样又空洞话。

Leroy Hood and colleagues at Seattle's Institute for Systems Biology have devised a painless blood test that could eliminate the need for most biopsies.

而西雅图系统生物学研究所勒罗伊·霍德和同事们发明了一种无痛血液测试, 可以不需要进行大多数活检。

I expect that Shakespeare devised Iago with a gusto which he never knew when, weaving moonbeams with his fancy, he imagined Desdemona.

我猜想莎士比亚在创作埃古（莎士比亚戏剧《奥瑟罗》中反面人物）时可能比他借助月光和幻想构思苔丝德梦娜（《奥瑟罗》主人公奥瑟罗妻子）怀着更大兴味。

This has got to be one of the most invasive advertising systems ever devised.

这绝对是最无所不在广告模式之一。

As an application laboratory engineer, I devised a new semiconductor-manufacturing process that was more efficient and satisfied a very difficult request of World Products, one of our largest customers.

当时我是应用实验室工程师，我设计出了一个新半导体制作程序，这个制作程序比以往更有效率，是应公司一家大客户—World制品公司高难度要求研发出来。

For example, I'm going to reach out to the marketing department and devise a plan.

比如，我要去联系营销部并设想出一个计划。

Which of these American inventors devised a method of air conditioning in 1902?

1902年，哪位美国人发明了空调？