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invent vt.发明；捏造 (1) 你能告诉我是谁发明了电话？(2) 他一直努力要发明新东西。(3) 事实是中国是发明纸的第一个国家。(4) 我们必须为缺席编造一个藉口。(5) 在回家的路上，我虚构了有关那个人的故事。(6) 不要捏造借口。 When you think of the word invent, think of Thomas Alva Edison who invented the long-lasting light bulb, the motion picture camera, the phonograph, and the stock ticker. That's a lot of inventions! You couldn't invent a better story of American ingenuity, could you?

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英 [ɪn'vent] 美 [ɪn'vent] (1) Can you tell me who invented the telephone?(2) He always strives to invent something new.(3) The fact was that China was the first country to invent paper.(4) We must invent an excuse for our absence.(5) I invent the story about the man on my way home.(6) Don't invent an excuse. To invent is to create for the first time or make up. If you tell your friends that you invented the electric guitar, you are inventing a pretty unbelievable story about your past. 1[VERB 动词]发明；创造；首创 If you invent something such as a machine or process, you are the first person to think of it or make it.   [V n]He invented the first electric clock...他发明了第一个电动机械钟。Writing had not been invented as yet.书写体系当时还没有创造出来。2[VERB 动词]编造；捏造；虚构 If you invent a story or excuse, you try to make other people believe that it is true when in fact it is not.   [V n]I stood still, trying to invent a plausible excuse.我站着不动，试图编个说得过去的借口。

英语单词	invent
英美音标	英 [ɪn'vent] 美 [ɪn'vent]
中文释义	vt.发明；捏造
英语例句	(1) Can you tell me who invented the telephone? (2) He always strives to invent something new. (3) The fact was that China was the first country to invent paper. (4) We must invent an excuse for our absence. (5) I invent the story about the man on my way home. (6) Don't invent an excuse.
中文例句	(1) 你能告诉我是谁发明了电话？ (2) 他一直努力要发明新东西。 (3) 事实是中国是发明纸的第一个国家。 (4) 我们必须为缺席编造一个藉口。 (5) 在回家的路上，我虚构了有关那个人的故事。 (6) 不要捏造借口。
vocabulary简明	To invent is to create for the first time or make up. If you tell your friends that you invented the electric guitar, you are inventing a pretty unbelievable story about your past.
vocabulary扩展	When you think of the word invent, think of Thomas Alva Edison who invented the long-lasting light bulb, the motion picture camera, the phonograph, and the stock ticker. That's a lot of inventions! You couldn't invent a better story of American ingenuity, could you?
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]发明；创造；首创 If you invent something such as a machine or process, you are the first person to think of it or make it. [V n] He invented the first electric clock... 他发明了第一个电动机械钟。 Writing had not been invented as yet. 书写体系当时还没有创造出来。 2 [VERB 动词]编造；捏造；虚构 If you invent a story or excuse, you try to make other people believe that it is true when in fact it is not. [V n] I stood still, trying to invent a plausible excuse. 我站着不动，试图编个说得过去的借口。

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