contrive

1.~ to do sth（不顾困难而）设法做到to manage to do sth despite difficulties

2.~ sth（克服困难）促成某事to succeed in making sth happen despite difficulties

3.~ sth巧妙地策划；精巧地制造（如机器）to think of or make sth, for example a plan or a machine, in a clever way

1.发明,创制,设计

2.图谋;企图

3.设法做到

4.挖空心思(而弄巧成拙);周到反而弄得(不利等)

5.设计,图谋

6.妥为料理;设法[巧妙]应付 (to do)

1.to make something happen, especially by using clever or dishonest methods; to succeed in doing something, especially something difficult

2.to invent or make something in a clever or unusual way