devise

英[dɪ'vaɪz] 美[dɪ'vaɪz]
  • vt. 设计;想出;发明;图谋;遗赠给
  • n. 遗赠
  • n. (Devise)人名;(法)德维兹;(英)德维斯

词态变化


第三人称单数: devises;过去式: devised;过去分词: devised;现在分词: devising;

中文词源


devise 发明,设计

来自拉丁语dividere,词源同divide。即分开,展开,后词义引申为发明,设计。

英文词源


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). Modern sense is from "to arrange a division" (especially via a will), a meaning present in the Old French word. Related: Devised; devising.

双语例句


1. Experts are trying to devise ways to clean up the huge slick.
专家们正想方设法清除这片面积巨大的浮油。

来自柯林斯例句

2. White supremacists devise new Methods: To disenfranchise Negroes.
白人至上论者想出新的方法以剥夺黑人的公民权.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. It is not easy to devise means.
筹措维艰.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

4. Scientists are working to devise a means of storing this type of power.
科学家们正在为发明一种能储存这种动力的方法而工作.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. To do this, scientists have to devise Methods: Using radar and underwater television.
为此, 科学家还要设计出使用雷达和水下电视的方法.

来自《用法词典》