The boy was busied about some mechanical contrivance.这孩子正在忙着做什么手工.music with a tendency towards contrivance and lack of substance.矫揉造作而缺乏实质性内容的音乐Such a machine is beyond the contrivance of ordinary people.这种机器是一般人发明不出来的....
She's so obviously cleverer and prettier than I am.她明显要比我聪明、漂亮得多。The comparative of "pretty" is "prettier".pretty的比较级形式是prettier。The girl has grown prettier than ever since I saw her a year ago.一年不见,小姑娘出落得更漂亮了....