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。
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,有 800 多万册图书被印刷。
...the invention of the telephone. [+ of]
电话的发明
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。
...his great powers of invention.
他出色的创造才能
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