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invention n.发明；虚构；发明物 (1) 计算机的发明标志着一个新时代的开始。(2) 需要是发明之母。(3) 整件事都是一家报纸虚构的。(4) 你的发明物很实用。(5) 这台机器是他自己的发明物。 The act of inventing something is also referred to as invention. Your invention of an amazing new cookie might make you the hit of the bake sale. Something imagined or created in your mind can also be called an invention. The story of what happened to your homework may have been a complete invention, but it was probably entertaining for your teacher — especially the part about the alien abduction.

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英 [ɪn'venʃn] 美 [ɪn'venʃn] (1) The invention of the computer marked the beginning of a new era.(2) Necessity is the mother of invention.(3) The whole thing is an invention of a newspaper.(4) Your invention is very practical.(5) The machine is his own invention. If you create a new device or process, it's called an invention. Many futuristic inventions from science fiction have come true, though no one has successfully invented a time machine. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]发明物；创造的事物 An invention is a machine, device, or system that has been invented by someone. 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 不可数名词]发明；创造 Invention is the act of inventing something that has never been made or used before.   [oft N of n]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.电话的发明3[N-VAR 可变名词]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. 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。4[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]发明才能；创造能力 Invention is the ability to invent things or to have clever and original ideas. ...his great powers of invention.他出色的创造才能

英语单词	invention
英美音标	英 [ɪn'venʃn] 美 [ɪn'venʃn]
中文释义	n.发明；虚构；发明物
英语例句	(1) The invention of the computer marked the beginning of a new era. (2) Necessity is the mother of invention. (3) The whole thing is an invention of a newspaper. (4) Your invention is very practical. (5) The machine is his own invention.
中文例句	(1) 计算机的发明标志着一个新时代的开始。 (2) 需要是发明之母。 (3) 整件事都是一家报纸虚构的。 (4) 你的发明物很实用。 (5) 这台机器是他自己的发明物。
vocabulary简明	If you create a new device or process, it's called an invention. Many futuristic inventions from science fiction have come true, though no one has successfully invented a time machine.
vocabulary扩展	The act of inventing something is also referred to as invention. Your invention of an amazing new cookie might make you the hit of the bake sale. Something imagined or created in your mind can also be called an invention. The story of what happened to your homework may have been a complete invention, but it was probably entertaining for your teacher — especially the part about the alien abduction.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]发明物；创造的事物 An invention is a machine, device, or system that has been invented by someone. 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 不可数名词]发明；创造 Invention is the act of inventing something that has never been made or used before. [oft N of n] 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. 电话的发明 3 [N-VAR 可变名词]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. 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。 4 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]发明才能；创造能力 Invention is the ability to invent things or to have clever and original ideas. ...his great powers of invention. 他出色的创造才能

Invention Called Invented Act Inventing Story N Uncount 不可数名词