vt.

1. 发明；设计
   The writer contrived a happy ending.

   作者安排了一个大团圆的结局。

2. 策划，图谋
3. 设法做到，以计谋达成[+to-v]
   The couple contrived to bring up their children on a small income.

   这对夫妻设法以菲薄的收入把孩子抚养成人。

vi.

1. 谋划

v.

1. devise or plan using skill and artifice.
2. manage to do something foolish.