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BNC: 4752 COCA: 4773
invention
ɪnveən ɪnˈvɛnʃən
Word forms: plural inventions
1 N-COUNT 发明物;创造的事物 An invention is a machine, device, or system that has been invented by someone. 发明物;创造的事物
  • It's been a tricky business marketing his new invention.

    推广他的新发明一直是件棘手的事情。

  • The spinning wheel was a Chinese invention.

    纺车是中国人的发明。

2 N-UNCOUNT 发明;创造 Invention is the act of inventing something that has never been made or used before. 发明;创造
  • More than eight million books were printed within fifty years after the invention of the printing press.

    印刷机发明以后的 50 年间, 800 多万册图书被印刷。

  • ...the invention of the telephone. [+ of]

    电话的发明

SYN development, design, production, setting up
3 N-VAR 捏造;虚构 If you refer to someone's account of something as an invention, you think that it is untrue and that they have made it up. 捏造;虚构
  • In these and several other respects, there are many inventions and exaggerations.

    在这些方面和其他几个方面都存在许多捏造与夸张之处。

  • The story was certainly a favourite one, but it was undoubtedly pure invention.

    这个故事当然特别受欢迎,但它无疑纯属虚构。

SYN fiction, story [informal] , fantasy, lie
4 N-UNCOUNT 发明才能;创造能力 Invention is the ability to invent things or to have clever and original ideas. 发明才能;创造能力
  • ...his great powers of invention.

    他出色的创造才能

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BNC: 4752 COCA: 4773
invention

noun¹

1new thing新事物ADJECTIVE | VERB + INVENTION ADJECTIVElatest, new最新的發明;新發明modern, newfangled現代/新奇發明brilliant, ingenious, wonderful傑出的/精妙的/奇妙的發明patented已獲專利的發明culinary, linguistic, technological, etc.烹飪、語言、技術等發明He dedicated many of his culinary inventions to famous people.他把自己的許多烹飪發明都奉獻給了名人。VERB + INVENTIONcome up with, design想出/設計發明license, patent, register授權使用發明;為發明申請專利;為發明進行註冊He failed to patent his invention and never made any money from it.他沒能為自己的發明申請到專利,因而從中沒賺到過一分錢。commercialize, market使發明商業化;推銷發明The two friends started a company to market their invention.這兩個朋友開辦了一家公司來推銷他們的發明。
invention

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2untrue story虛構的故事ADJECTIVE | PHRASES ADJECTIVEpure純粹的虛構Most of what he says is pure invention!他所說的多半都純屬揑造!PHRASESpower of invention, powers of invention虛構的能力His powers of invention are somewhat limited.他編造故事的能力頗為有限。
BNC: 4752 COCA: 4773
invention noun
development
BNC: 4752 COCA: 4773
invention
Inventing and inventions or discoveries: breakthrough, coin, contrive...
General words for machinery and equipment: apparatus, armamentarium, array...
Lies: lie, invention, falsehood...
Intelligence, intuition and ability to understand: intelligence, intuition, intellect...

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