devise
verb- devise something
to invent something new or a new way of doing something synonym think up发明;设计;想出 Extra ExamplesScientists have devised a method of recycling the contaminated oil. 科学家想出了回收利用污油的办法。 We must devise a new system for dealing with complaints. 我们必须设计一个新的处理投诉的系统。 specially devised tests 特别设计的测试
Oxford Collocations DictionaryDevise is used with these nouns as the object:- formula
- instrument
- means
- …
Word OriginMiddle English: the verb from Old French deviser, from Latin divis- ‘divided’, from the verb dividere (this sense being reflected in the original English sense of the verb); the noun is a variant of device (in the early sense ‘will, desire’).