查询词典 contrivance

I had never handled a tool in my life, and yet in time by labour, application, and contrivance, I found at last that I wanted nothing but i could have made it, especially if 1 had had tools; however i made abundance of things, even without tools, and some with no more tools than an adze and a hatchet, which perhaps were never made that way before, and that with infinite labour.

我一生从未使用过任何工具，但久而久之，以我的劳动、勤勉和发明设计的才能，我终于发现，只要有适当的工具，我什么东西都能做。尽管我没有什么工具，却也制造了许多东两，有些东西制造时，仅用了一把手斧和一把斧头。我想没有人会用我的方法制造东西，也没有人会像我这样付出无穷的劳动。

I had never handled a tool in my life,and yet in time by labour, application,and contrivance ,I found at last that l wanted nothing but I could have made it,especially if I had had tools;however I made abundance of things,even without tools,and some with no more tools than an adze and a hatchet , which perhaps were never made that way before.and that with infinite labour.

我一生从未使用过任何工具，但久而久之，以我的劳动、勤勉和发明设计的才能，我终于发现，只要有适当的工具，我什么东西都能做。尽管我没有什么工具，却能制造了许多东西，有些东西制造时，仅用了一把手斧和一把斧头。我想没有人会用我的方法制造东西，也没有人会像我这样付出无穷的劳动。

I had never handled a Tool in my Life, and yet in time by Labour, Application, and Contrivance, I found at last that I wanted nothing but I could have made it, especially if I had had Tools; however I made abundance of things, even without Tools, and some with no more Tools than an Adze and a Hatchet, which perhaps were never made that way before, and that with infinite Labour: For Example, If I wanted a Board, I had no other Way but to cut down a Tree, set it on an Edge before me, and hew it flat on either Side with my Axe, till I had brought it to be thin as a Plank, and then dubb it smooth with my Adze.

我一生从未使用过任何工具，但久而久之，以我的劳动、勤勉和发明设计的才能，我终于发现，我什么东西都能做，只要有适当的工具。然而，尽管我没有工具，也制造了许多东西，有些东西我制造时，仅用一把手斧和一把斧头。

Then I wanted to arrange some contrivance to break open the doors of bronze under the White Sphinx. I had in mind a battering ram.

最后，我想发明一个东西来打开白色斯芬克斯像下的座基铜门，我脑子里念念不忘的是攻城相。

Mr Ewbank says:"A butment BB slides backwards and forward in a stuffing box and is so arranged (by a cam or some other contrivance connected to the axle of the small cylinder on the outside of the case) that it can be pushed into the interior as in the figure, and at the proper time be drawn back to afford passage of the piston" Bramah and Dickenson adopted this configuration in 1790 as steam engine and also a pump.

ewbank先生说："一butment BB心跳幻灯片向后和向前迈进一填料框和是这样安排的（由一个凸轮或其他一些contrivance连接到轴的小圆柱对外面的情况），它可以推进到由于在内部的数字，并在适当时机，订定回负担通过活塞" bramah和狄金森通过此配置在1790年作为蒸汽机，也是泵。

He describes in an early novel the miraculous way in which a flat, abstract contrivance can take on vitality and light: Little by little, the pieces and squares began to come to life and exchange impressions. The crude might of the queen was transformed into refined power, restrained and directed by a system of sparkling levers; the pawns grew cleverer; the knights stepped forth with a Spanish caracole ...

他描述早期的小说用的是神奇方式的单元，抽象的创造的方式具有活力与轻盈：逐渐地从片断和广场开始，到生活和交流印象，一个有自然力量的女王可以转变完善权力制度，由闪耀的杠杆系统克制并且进行指挥，典当行业的增长使人更加聪明，骑士又加强了与西班牙马术中的回旋技术。

As soon as all had ate, and the elder ones paid, the carriage was ordered; and, after some contrivance, the whole party, with all their boxes, workbags, and parcels, and the unwelcome addition of Kitty's and Lydia's purchases, were seated in it.

吃过了饭，姐姐们回了帐，便吩咐着手准备马车；经过了好一番安排，几位小姐，连带自己的箱子、针线袋、包裹、以及吉蒂和丽迪雅所买的那些不受欢迎的东西，总算都放上了马车。

As soon as all had ate, and the elder ones paid, the carriage was ordered; and, after some contrivance, the whole party, with all their boxes, workbags, and parcels, and the unwelcome addition of Kitty';s and Lydia';s purchases, were seated in it.

吃过了饭，姐姐们回了帐，便吩咐着手准备马车；经过了好一番安排，几位小姐，连带自己买的那些不受欢迎的东西，总算都放上了马车

Such a machine is beyond the contrivance of ordinary people.

这样的机器是一般人发明不出来的。

I have an ingenious contrivance to get her to sign the document without reading it.

我有一条不经她过目就签署文件的妙计。

The circulation, consumption and reproduction of the trilogy have not only testified to its historical significance and literariness, but also invested it with new meanings.

该三部曲的流通、消费与再生产不仅验证了其历史意义及文学性，而切还赋予它以新的意义。

If he thought that he could buy me off, he would be wrong.

如果他认为他可以收买我，那他就大错特错了。