n.发明，发明才能，想出的办法，发明物
The boy was busied about some mechanical contrivance.
这孩子正在忙着做什么手工.
It was another good contrivance.
这又是一种不错的新设计.
Such a machine is beyond the contrivance of ordinary people.
这种机器是一般人发明不出来的.
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