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Invention 例:The N Uncount Made 英[ɪnˈvenʃn 美[ɪnˈvɛnʃən N.发明;发明物;捏造:内心捏造的东西,特指谎言;发明才能 N Count

单词 invention
音标
英[ɪnˈvenʃn] 美[ɪnˈvɛnʃən]
解释
n.发明;发明物;捏造:内心捏造的东西,特指谎言;发明才能;
例句

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发明物;创造的事物
An invention is a machine, device, or system that has been invented by someone.
例: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。
例:The spinning wheel was a Chinese invention.纺车是中国人的发明。

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发明;创造
Invention is the act of inventing something that has never been made or used before.
例: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。
例:...the invention of the telephone.电话的发明

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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.
例: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。
例: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。

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发明才能;创造能力
Invention is the ability to invent things or to have clever and original ideas.
例:...his great powers of invention.他出色的创造才能
变形
pl:inventions~

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