contrive
verb (formal)- 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’.