这个发明家的工作室里到处都是巧妙的小装置。

The inventor's workshop was filled with clever ___contrivances.

这部电影的结局充满了生硬的安排，让人感觉不自然。

The movie's ending was full of artificial ___contrivances that felt unnatural.

他通过一些狡猾的手段获得了这个职位，而不是靠真才实学。

He got the position through clever ___contrivances rather than genuine qualifications.