contrive

• vt.工夫する；考案する；企てる
• vi.企てる；実行しようとする

con-、強調する。-trivは-tropの「回す」「求める」からきており、語源的にはturnのtropicalと同じ。 原義は、発明をする、求める努力をする人。

contrive

contrive: [14] In Middle English, contrive was controve; it was not transformed into contrive (perhaps under the influence of Scottish pronunciation) until the 15th century. It came via Old French controver from Latin contropāre ‘represent metaphorically, compare’, a compound verb based on the prefix com- ‘too’ and tropus ‘figure of speech’ (source of English trope). The word’s meaning has progressed through ‘compare via a figure of speech’ and Old French ‘imagine’ to ‘devise’.
=> trope

contrive (v.)

early 14c., from Old French controver (Modern French controuver) "to find out, contrive, imagine," from Late Latin contropare "to compare" (via a figure of speech), from Latin com- "with" (see com-) + tropus "song, musical mode," from Greek tropos "figure of speech" (see trope).

Sense evolution (in French) was from "invent with ingenuity" to "invent falsely." Spelled contreve until unexplained 15c. sound change that also affected briar, friar, choir. Related: Contrived; contriving.

1. Can you contrive to be here a little earlier？

早く来てくれませんか？

2.How could you contrive to make such a mess of things？

どうやって事をめちゃくちゃにしたの？

3.She found it difficult to contrive when prices of everything went up.

百物が値上がりしたとき、彼女は家事を料理するのは難しいと思った。

4.They,having first persuaded themselves, contrive to influence their neighbours.

彼らはまず自分で納得した後、隣人を誘引しようとした

5.We can contrive without meat.

肉がなくてもなんとか料理できます。