invention 详细解释

invention

[in'venʃən]

n.发明, 虚构, 发明物

n.

1. 发明, 创造[U]

No one person can take credit for the invention of writing.

没有一个人可以说是他单独发明了写字。

2. 发明物, 创作品[C]

The machine was his own invention.

这台机器是他自己发明的。

3. 创造力, 发明才能[U]

An author must have invention to think up new ideas for stories.

作家必须具有为故事构思新意的创造力。

4. 捏造, 虚构[C][U]

That rumor was the old gossip's own invention.

那个谣言是那个爱说闲话的老家伙自己编出来的。

词形变化

形容词: inventional |

词义辨析

同义参见:

ingenuity  formation  fiction  romance  pretense  patent  coinage  

反义参见:

imitation  

英英释义

名词 invention:

the creation of something in the mind

同义词:innovation, excogitation, conception, design

a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation

同义词:innovation

the act of inventing

补充

inventioninvention英:[inˈvenʃən] 美:[ɪnˈvɛnʃən]n.1.发明, 创造Necessity is the mother of invention.需要是发明之母。2.发明物It's a most useful invention.这是一项极其有用的发明。3.捏造, 虚构The whole story is a pure invention.这一切纯粹是捏造。

例句

1. 50 years after the invention of the printing press印刷机发明五十年后 2. The spinning wheel was a Chinese invention.纺车是中国的一项发明。 3. Writing was the most revolutionary of all human inventions.书写是人类最具革命性的一项创造。 4. It's been a tricky business marketing his new invention.推销他的新发明是件挺不容易的事情。 5. Generations of readers have delighted in his wonderful powers of invention.一代又一代的读者都喜欢他非同寻常的创造力。 6. The whole thing was an invention of a New York newspaper.整件事情都是纽约一家报纸捏造出来的。 7. The story was certainly a favourite one, but it was pure invention.这个故事的确招人喜欢, 但它完全是虚构的。 8. the invention of printing in the 15th century.15世纪印刷术的发明。 9. medieval inventions included spectacles for reading and the spinning wheel.中世纪的发明物中有读书用眼镜和手纺车。 10. his powers of invention were rather limited.他的创造力相当有限。 11. you know my story is an invention.你知道我的故事纯属虚构。 12. Bach's two-part inventions.巴赫的两音部创意曲。 13. The microwave oven is a very useful invention.微波炉是一项十分有用的发明。 14. Books had to be written by hand before the invention of printing.印刷术发明之前,书本都是手抄的。 15. It was obvious that his story about being robbed was (an) invention.遭抢劫的事显然是他一手杜撰的。 16. The light bulb was one of the most important inventions of the 19th century.电灯泡是19世纪最重要的发明之一。 17. The stories he told about his military service were just inventions.他讲的关于他服兵役的事纯属编造。 18. His explanation was pure invention.他的解释纯属编造。 19. "Parts of the movie were accurate, but much of it was invention."这部电影的部分内容是真实的,但大部分还是虚构的。 20. the invention of a new product新产品的创造 21. the invention of a false story虚假故事的编造 22. "Don't believe everything she tells you. She's prone to invention. [=exaggeration, lying]"别信她告诉你的每一件事,她就爱胡编乱造。 23. an artist with exceptional powers of invention有非凡创造力的艺术家