invent
[in'vent]
vt.发明, 捏造
例句与用法:
Can you tell me who invented the telephone?
你能告诉我是谁发明了电话?
We must invent an excuse for our absence.
我们必须为缺席编造一个藉口。
词形变化:
形容词: inventible | 名词: inventor | 动词过去式: invented | 动词过去分词: invented | 动词现在分词: inventing | 动词第三人称单数: invents |
vt.
1. 发明, 创造
He invented a new type of stethoscope.
他发明了一种新型听诊器。
2. 捏造, 虚构
We must invent an excuse for being late.
我们必须编一个迟到的借口。
invent
过去式:invented
过去分词:invented
现在进行时:inventing
词形变化:
形容词: inventible | 名词: inventor | 动词过去式: invented | 动词过去分词: invented | 动词现在分词: inventing | 动词第三人称单数: invents |
同义词:
devise | originate | develop | contrive | concoct | create | fabricate | conceive | make up | formulate | design | discover | cook up | fashion | think up | dream up | conjure up | make | manufacture | coin | patent | improvise | start | fantasize | up | romance | mint | hatch | construct | produce | forge | compose | excogitate |
反义词:
imitate |
词义辨析:
同义:
vt.发明; 创造
originate
devise
develop
contrive
concoct
make up
同义参见:
fantasize
romance
create
improvise
hatch1
start
conceive
fabricate
patent
coin
mint2
manufacture
make
反义:
vt.发明, 创造
imitate
invent[in'vent]vt.1.■发明,创造;创制:to invent a space rocket发明宇宙火箭2.■虚构,创作:to invent a short story创作一短篇故事He's a real person, not invented in a dream.确有其人,他不是梦中虚构的。3.■捏造,编造:to invent an excuse编造谎言4.■[俚语]偷盗,盗窃5.■[古语]找到;遇到;发现vi.1.■发明,创造;始创2.■虚构;捏造;编造
inventinvent[inˈvent]vt.1.■发明, 创造2.■捏造, 虚构invent a story捏造事实invent an excuse捏造借口Who invented the steam engine?谁发明了蒸汽机?
继承用法inventer,inventorn.
参考词汇见create;
verb
- [with obj.]create or design (something that has not existed before); be the originator of
发明,创造;首创;创作
he invented an improved form of the steam engine.
他发明了改良型蒸汽机。
■make up (an idea, name, story, etc.), especially so as to deceive
捏造,编造,虚构
I did not have to invent any tales about my past.
我根本无须为自己的过去编造故事。
- late 15th cent. (in the sense 'find out, discover'): from Latin invent- 'contrived, discovered', from the verb invenire, from in- 'into' + venire 'come'
invent
动词 invent:
come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort
同义词:contrive, devise, excogitate, formulate, forge
make up something artificial or untrue
同义词:fabricate, manufacture, cook up, make up
invent
■Edison was the first manto invent the lights.
6 爱迪生是第一个发明电灯的人。
■NASM supports no convenient synonym for this, though you can always invent one using the macro processor.
NASM不支持其它的方式来做到这一点,尽管你可以用宏处理器来创造一个。
■"Idiocy " , big Zhong Ma agrees with the word of pluvial fruit, "The whole world knows, I invent this.
“白痴”,大仲马同意雨果的话,“全世界都知道,这是我发明的。”
■"Do you invent, then," said Fernand impatiently.
“那么你有主意了吗?” 弗尔南多不耐烦地说。
■A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he can invent a pleasure.
一个真正了解自己的人,可以终结泪水创造开心。
■Just as technologists invent great products, countries invent, and reinvent, people.
一如科技人发明伟大的产品,国家也发明并重新改造其人民。
■Soon designers began to invent new idioms expressly for the toolbar.
不久,设计者开始为工具栏发明新的习惯用法。
■Don't invent words or phrases. Follow the customary usage.
不能臆造词语,而必须按照一般的习惯用法。
■Medieval scientists hoped to invent an elixir to prolong life indefinitely.
中世纪的科学家希望能发明一种能够无限延长生命的万能药。
■China was the first country to invent paper.
中国是造纸最早的国家。
■You'd better not invent that, Danny!
丹尼,你最好不要发明那个。
■I had to invent as much material again as I used from the novel, in order to tell the story that most intrigued me.
为了将故事最吸引我的地方讲述出来,我只能又创造了很多素材,几乎与我使用小说中的一样多。”
■The "crime" needed as a pretext to rectify these peculiarities was not hard to find, or invent.
为了矫正这些特质,俄罗斯需要一些借口,而它可以很容易找到、甚至捏造一个“罪名”。
■Perhaps next we will think of a solution for nuclear waste, or more likely, invent new giant plungers.
也许下一步我们会想出核废料问题的解决之道,或者更有可能的是,发明出新的巨无霸通厕器。
■Perhaps a scientist will one day invent a cheaper way of producing fresh water from the sea.
也许将来有一天,某一科学家发明了一种使海水淡化的比较经济的方法。
■And that perhaps Stradivari did not invent the definitive form of the violin?
也许斯特拉迪瓦里并没有发明小提琴的确定形式。
■The fact was that China was the first country to invent paper.
事实是中国是发明纸的第一个国家。
■And so they proceeded to invent the verge-and-foliot escapement, using a falling weight as with its Greek antecedents.
于是他们利用希腊早就使用的重锤着手发明了立轴横杆式擒纵机构。
■Adam invent love at first sight, one of the greatest laborsaving machine the world ever see.
亚当发明了一见钟情,那是世界空前的一架最伟大的省力机器。
■Henry Ford didn't invent the automobile. Instead,he did something better,something even more American.
亨利·福特没有发明汽车,但是,他做得更好,甚至更美国化。
■What did people invent the planes for?
人们为什么要发明飞机呢?
■Will people invent new types of transportation?
人们将会发明新型的交通工具吗?
■People, sometimes invent excuses to get out of work.
人们有时编造借口不去上班。
■He always strives to invent something new.
他一直努力要发明新东西。
■He had to invent himself almost completely.
他不得不自我塑造,简直是从头干起。
■They wear hard hats, crunch numbers, seal deals, and invent new products and processes.
他们佩带硬帽子,紧缩号码,密封处理,并发明新产品和新工艺。
■They invent tools and machines to help them in their work.
他们发明机器来帮助自己工作。
■They like it because they can invent their own moves.
他们喜欢它是因为他们可以创造自己的舞步。
■How they invent it is not clear to me.
他们如何发明的它我不清楚。
■They improve the original old machine, invent more new machines, let the machine give people a much better service.
他们改进原来的老机器,发明更多的新机器,让它们更好地为人类服务。
■Having violated this principle, they invent an opposite principle of their own, the separation of theory from practice.
他们既然违背了这条原则,于是就自己造出了一条相反的原则:理论和实际分离。
■He would invent fanciful names on the spot.
他会当场想出些稀奇古怪的名子。
■He woould invent fanciful names on the spot.
他会当场编出好多希奇古怪的名字。
■He began to study the attempts of other men to invent an incandescent electric light.
他开始研究别人为发明白热电灯所作的尝试。
■He can always invent a new game to divert the children.
他总能想出新的游戏来供孩子们娱乐。
■He can always invent a new game to divert the children with it.
他总能搬出新玩意儿来娱悦孩子。
■He might have the ability to invent a brilliant piece of engineering that would save us a lot of money.
他或许完全有能力搞出一个非常好的新装置,使我们节约好多钱。
■He is a knowing fellow, and he will invent something to comfort her.
他是个老于世故的人,会想出办法来安慰她的。
■Would his viral creatures invent multicellularity?
他的病毒造物会创造出多细胞造物吗?
■He can invent any number of excuses on the spur of the moment.
他能当场诌出许多托辞。
■What excuse did he invent this time?
他这次编了什么借口?
■Then I began to invent graphic stories without dialogue.
以后,我又想出画不带对话的图画故事。
■Enoch was the first to invent books and writing, much like Thoth the scribe.
以诺是第一位发明书本和书写,很像抄写员透特。
■You will be in a position to take back your acceptance or invent an excuse later.
你将在某些场合里收回你的承诺和编造一个谎言。
■Can't you invent a better excuse than that?
你就不能编造一个高明些的藉口吗?
■You invent anything to get rid of me, you push me away even when I want to kiss you.
你捏造出事情来摆脱我,甚至当我要吻你时,你也把我推开。
■Do you know who invent magnetic needle?
你知道指南针是谁发明的吗?
■Do you know who invent paper?
你知道是谁发明的纸吗?
■Do you know who invent the telephone?
你知道谁发明了电话吗?
■Can you tell me how he invent it?
你能告诉我他是怎样发明它的吗?