devise /diˈvaiz/ vt. 想出，设计出： devise an instrument to measure light waves 设计一种测定光波的仪器；devise proposals to deal with air pollution 想出对付空气污染的方案［考句］ Louis Herman, at the University of Hawall, has devised a series of new experiments in which some animals have learned to understand sentences. 路易斯赫尔曼在哈瓦尔大学设计了一系列的实验证明了一些动物学会理解了一些句子。