devise
devise 英 [dɪˈvaɪz] 美 [dɪˈvaɪz]
vt. 发明；设计；想出
进行时:devising 过去式:devised 过去分词:devised 第三人称单数:devises 名词复数:devises
- To devise is to figure out a plan. Men twirling long mustaches might devise a plan to tie someone to the railroad tracks.
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- vt. 发明；设计；想出
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1. A new system has been devised to control traffic in the city.
控制城市交通的新系统已经设计出来。
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2. Experts are trying to devise ways to clean up the huge slick.
专家们在努力想出清除大面积浮油的办法。
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3. It is not easy to devise means.
筹措维艰。
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4. Devise a budget.
制定预算。
- devise (v.) early 13c., "to form, fashion;" c. 1300, "to plan, contrive," from Old French deviser "dispose in portions, arrange, plan, contrive" (in modern French, "to chat, gossip"), from Vulgar Latin *divisare, frequentative of Latin dividere "to divide" (see divide (v.)). Modern sense is from "to arrange a division" (especially via a will), a meaning present in the Old French word. Related: Devised; devising.
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