• 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

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。

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.

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》