The contrived plot of the movie made it hard to enjoy.
電影的故事情節過於牽強，讓人很難享受。
Her contrived smile didn't fool anyone.
她做作的微笑沒有騙過任何人。
The contrived dialogue in the play felt unnatural.
劇中做作的對話感覺很不自然。
He made a contrived attempt to appear interested.
他做出一副做作的樣子，試圖顯得感興趣。
The contrived ending of the book was disappointing.
書的牽強結局讓人失望。
She gave a contrived excuse for being late.
她爲遲到編造了一個牽強的藉口。
The contrived nature of their friendship was evident to everyone.
他們友誼的虛假性對每個人都很明顯。
The contrived setup of the experiment led to skewed results.
實驗的人爲安排導致了扭曲的結果。
His contrived laughter sounded forced.
他做作的笑聲聽起來很勉強。
The contrived atmosphere at the party made her uncomfortable.
聚會上做作的氛圍讓她感到不舒服。
But the whole numbers thing, this 'utils' idea it does seem a little contrived.
但就整體而言，這個" 幸福效用" 的想法似乎有點兒做作。
來源: Economic Crash CourseBut I agree, it does feel a little contrived.
但是我同意， 這感覺有點牽強。
來源: TED Talks (Audio Version) April 2016 CompilationHe certainly contrived to execute his commission with a curious felicity.
他肯定懷有一種奇妙的幸福感，極力完成他的使命。
來源: American Version Language Arts Volume 6A group of scientists contrived a new idea to deal with the experiment.
一羣科學家想出了一個新主意來處理這個實驗。
來源: IELTS Vocabulary: Category RecognitionHe contrived, however, to stop his horse just in season to prevent his being dashed against a loaded wagon.
但是他設法讓馬停下來，避免了撞上一輛滿載貨物的馬車。
來源: Original Chinese Language Class in American Elementary SchoolsI can't conceive how he contrived to mismanage his affairs'.
我無法想象他是如何設法對自己的事務管理不善的。
來源: The South and the North (Part 2)Yet not one of the obstacles really existed--all were cleverly contrived deceptions.
然而，沒有一個障礙是真實存在的——都是巧妙設計的騙局。
來源: The Wonderful Adventures of Oz: The Pumpkin ManIn retrospect, it seems a bit contrived.
回想起來 這事情也挺勉強。
來源: Gravity Falls Season 1" Through a secret passage which the rogues must have contrived to make quite recently" .
“通過流氓一定是最近想方設法制造的祕密通道”。
來源: The Mystery of 813 (Part 1)And there, if all goes well, it will stick—blocking the hole in a manner suitable to its rather contrived acronym.
在這裏如果一切順利的話，就像這個裝置有點蹩腳的的英文首字母縮略語道出的，它就會像一個塞子一樣堵住裂口。
來源: The Economist - TechnologyThe contrived plot of the movie made it hard to enjoy.
電影的故事情節過於牽強，讓人很難享受。
Her contrived smile didn't fool anyone.
她做作的微笑沒有騙過任何人。
The contrived dialogue in the play felt unnatural.
劇中做作的對話感覺很不自然。
He made a contrived attempt to appear interested.
他做出一副做作的樣子，試圖顯得感興趣。
The contrived ending of the book was disappointing.
書的牽強結局讓人失望。
She gave a contrived excuse for being late.
她爲遲到編造了一個牽強的藉口。
The contrived nature of their friendship was evident to everyone.
他們友誼的虛假性對每個人都很明顯。
The contrived setup of the experiment led to skewed results.
實驗的人爲安排導致了扭曲的結果。
His contrived laughter sounded forced.
他做作的笑聲聽起來很勉強。
The contrived atmosphere at the party made her uncomfortable.
聚會上做作的氛圍讓她感到不舒服。
But the whole numbers thing, this 'utils' idea it does seem a little contrived.
但就整體而言，這個" 幸福效用" 的想法似乎有點兒做作。
來源: Economic Crash CourseBut I agree, it does feel a little contrived.
但是我同意， 這感覺有點牽強。
來源: TED Talks (Audio Version) April 2016 CompilationHe certainly contrived to execute his commission with a curious felicity.
他肯定懷有一種奇妙的幸福感，極力完成他的使命。
來源: American Version Language Arts Volume 6A group of scientists contrived a new idea to deal with the experiment.
一羣科學家想出了一個新主意來處理這個實驗。
來源: IELTS Vocabulary: Category RecognitionHe contrived, however, to stop his horse just in season to prevent his being dashed against a loaded wagon.
但是他設法讓馬停下來，避免了撞上一輛滿載貨物的馬車。
來源: Original Chinese Language Class in American Elementary SchoolsI can't conceive how he contrived to mismanage his affairs'.
我無法想象他是如何設法對自己的事務管理不善的。
來源: The South and the North (Part 2)Yet not one of the obstacles really existed--all were cleverly contrived deceptions.
然而，沒有一個障礙是真實存在的——都是巧妙設計的騙局。
來源: The Wonderful Adventures of Oz: The Pumpkin ManIn retrospect, it seems a bit contrived.
回想起來 這事情也挺勉強。
來源: Gravity Falls Season 1" Through a secret passage which the rogues must have contrived to make quite recently" .
“通過流氓一定是最近想方設法制造的祕密通道”。
來源: The Mystery of 813 (Part 1)And there, if all goes well, it will stick—blocking the hole in a manner suitable to its rather contrived acronym.
在這裏如果一切順利的話，就像這個裝置有點蹩腳的的英文首字母縮略語道出的，它就會像一個塞子一樣堵住裂口。
來源: The Economist - Technology探索常見搜尋詞彙