contrivance

/kənˈtraɪvəns/

意味: 工夫、仕掛け

例文: ALX-9000’s breakfast contrivance launched eggs… poorly.
　　  ALX-9000の朝食装置は卵をぶちまけた。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: clever contrivance (巧妙な工夫), mechanical contrivance (機械的な装置), ingenious contrivance (独創的な発明)

定義: 人が何かを達成するために考え出した装置や方法のことです。特に、創意工夫や巧妙さを伴うものを指します。機械や道具、または計画や策略など、さまざまな形で現れることがあります。

contrivanceは約5,000,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Noun: a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
Noun: the faculty of contriving; inventive skill
Noun: an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade
Noun: an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.
Noun: any improvised arrangement for temporary use
Noun: the act of devising something

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

The inventor showed off his latest contrivance.(発明者は最新の工夫を披露した。)
Her clever contrivance solved the difficult problem quickly.(彼女の巧妙な工夫が難題をすぐに解決した。)
They admired the contrivance for its unique design.(彼らはその独特な設計の工夫を称賛した。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Noun: his skillful contrivance of answers to every problem
Noun: his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track
Noun: the plot contained too many improbable contrivances to be believable

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): appliance, contraption, contrivance, convenience, devisal, dodge, gadget, gismo, gizmo, lash-up, stratagem, widget

Antonyms(反意語):

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): arrangement, device, invention, scheme

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): acoustic device, adapter, afterburner, agglomerator, airfoil, alarm, appliance, applicator, array, aspergill, autopilot, bait, billiard marker, bird feeder, blower, bootjack, breathalyzer, breathing device, bubbler, buffer, calendar, catapult, charger, classification, classification system, clip-on, comb, comforter, concoction, conductor, contraceptive, contrivance, converter, coordinate system, corer, corrective, counterterrorism, crusher, cryptograph, cutoff, dampener, damper, data structure, deflector, dental appliance, depressor, design, detector, devisal, diestock, distribution, drive, drop forge, elastic device, electrical device, electronic device, energizer, estivation, exercise device, explosive device, fan, filter, fire extinguisher, flare, flower arrangement, formation, fumigator, game plan, gas fixture, genetic map, groover, guard, heat exchanger, heater, holding device, horn, house of cards, hydrofoil, imprint, incentive program, indicator, instrument, interlock, interrupter, jig, key, keyboard, kinetoscope, kinship system, knocker, lash-up, lattice, lift, lifting device, lighter, living arrangement, machine, magnet, mechanism, memory device, musical instrument, neologism, nest egg, noisemaker, ontology, optical device, ordering, override, paper feed, peeler, pick, playbook, plot, power takeoff, prod, prompter, pull, pyramid scheme, reflector, release, remote control, reset, restraint, router, runner, scaffold, scratcher, shoehorn, shoetree, shooting stick, shredder, signaling device, snowshoe, sounder, source of illumination, stabilizer, stemmer, straightener, strengthener, stylus, suction cup, support, sweatbox, synchroflash, tableau, take-up, teaser, throwing stick, tilter, tongs, toy, trap, trigger, valve, vaporizer, venation, ventilator, vernation, waiting game, washboard, water cooler, wheeze

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): gadgetry, gimbal, injector, mod con, plant, pump-and-dump scheme, temporary hookup, wangle

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: contrive, convenient, devise, dodgy, gadgeteer

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: technology

Usage Category: formal

Usage Context: general

Grammatical Notes:

countable noun

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞): co

Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

英検1級

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Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) Yes

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No

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