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devise
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- Conjugation :
past
devised
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ing
devising
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Derivatives :
n
deviser
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adj
devisable
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- devise
[dɪ'vaɪz]
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1.
vt.
[+plan]
[ scheme]
想出
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2.
vt.
[+machine]
设计
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- devise
[dɪˈvaɪz]
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1.
verb
设计，发明，想出
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We were asked to devise a promotional advertising campaign for Christmas.
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要求我们设计圣诞广告促销计划。
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2.
verb
策划，组织，筹备
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The department was told to devise a new method to reduce overhead.
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该部门被告之要想出新办法来减少日常管理费。
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3.
vt.
[Law]
遗赠
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The old miser devised all of her property to her only child.
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老守财奴把自己的所有财产都留给了她唯一的孩子。
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4.
n.[u]
[Law]
遗嘱
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A devise is the act of disposing property.
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遗赠是一种处理财产的行为。
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5.
n.[u]
[Law]
遗产
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These estates were known as executory devises.
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这些房产被称为有效遗赠的财产。
Collins English-English Dictionary
- devise
[dɪ'vaɪz]
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1.
vb
to work out, contrive, or plan (something) in one's mind
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2.
vt.
[tr]
[law]
to dispose of (property, esp real property) by will
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3.
vt.
[tr]
[obsolete]
to imagine or guess
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4.
n
[law]
a disposition of property by will
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5.
n
the property so transmitted - Compare bequeath
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6.
n
a will or clause in a will disposing of real property - Compare bequest
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7.
n
[Etymology]
C15: from Old French deviser to divide, apportion, intend, from Latin dividere to divide
Examples
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A devise is the act of disposing property.
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遗赠是一种处理财产的行为。
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The department was told to devise a new method to reduce overhead.
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该部门被告之要想出新办法来减少日常管理费。
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They had to devise a system that did not depend on cooperation.
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他们不得不设想一个不依赖于合作的方案。
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A person is blind to the extent that he must devise alternative techniques to do efficiently those things he would do with sight if he had normal vision.
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一个人只有在大量使用特殊技能弥补视觉缺陷时，才能被视为真正的盲人。
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运筹决策
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devise strategies
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拟个计划
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devise a plan
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运筹帷幄之中，决胜千里之外
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sit within a command tent and devise strategies that will assure victory a thousand li away
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你们应制定学习计划。
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You should devise a study plan.
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