contrivance [kənˈtraɪvəns]

例句:

• A clumsy contrivance to persuade me that I was unsuspected.
  来自J. Buchan
• Such a machine is beyond the contrivance of ordinary people.
  这种机器是一般人发明不出来的.
  
• 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.
  
• It's a contrivance that operates as a crutch.
  来自NEWYORKER
• I can confirm that the Void is not a contrivance.
  来自SA