The pronunciation /'pætənt/ is also used for meanings 1 and 2 in British English. 英国英语中义项1和2亦读作/'pætənt/。
1
[N-COUNT 可数名词]专利权 A
patent is an official right to be the only person or company allowed to make or sell a new product for a certain period of time.
P&G applied for a patent on its cookies...
宝洁公司为它的饼干申请专利权。
He held a number of patents for his many innovations...
他拥有多项发明的专利权。
It sued Centrocorp for patent infringement.
它诉Centrocorp公司侵犯专利权。
2
[VERB 动词]得到…的专利权 If you
patent something, you obtain a patent for it.
He patented the idea that the atom could be split...
他获得了“原子可以再分”这一概念的专利权。
The invention has been patented by the university.
那项发明已被那所大学申请了专利。
...a patented machine called the VCR II.
名为VCR II的专利机器
3
[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](尤指坏事物)明显的,显而易见的 You use
patent to describe something, especially something bad, in order to indicate in an emphatic way that you think its nature or existence is clear and obvious.