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.

从人类最初有智慧至今，人们直在设日益巧妙的工具来处理那些危险的、枯燥的、繁重的或者只是般肮脏的工作。

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

我设套完整统的生活体系，这是个道德体系，具有完全的逻辑性。

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的最枯燥的门课程。

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的最可怕的武器。

He devised a new method for teaching the blind.

他设出种教导盲人的新法。

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

他们设个大胆的划 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，具有启迪性的竞争运动，无惧弱点的品质和对自己力量的坚定信心。

" 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，个设如何评估个人拥有多少希望的心理学家说：“我们做过的每项研究表明，希望是结果的强有力的预言者。”

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

根据每个小学生的能力来制定个人教育，这也是不现实的。

We devised two challenges to find out.

我们设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个可行的划，要抵御政治上的阻力又是另回事。

This is a stress sniff test devised by scientists.

这是科学家们设的项 “压力嗅探测试”。

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

个世纪以前，Arnold Schoenberg已经设出种无调音乐，由12音色组合而成。

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

我们雇用位顾问来帮公司设套新制度。

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的话。

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·霍德和同事们发明种无痛的血液测试, 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》中的反面人物）时可能比他借助月光和幻想构思苔丝德梦娜（《奥瑟罗》主人公奥瑟罗的妻子）怀着更大的兴味。

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

这绝对是最无所不在的广告模式之。

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的工程师，我设出个新的半导体制作程序，这个制作程序比以往的更有效率，是应公司的家大客户—World制品公司的高难度要求研发出来的。

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个划。