• 基础释义
  • 例句
  • 柯林斯词典释义
例句
柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
  • VERB
    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.
    例句
    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。
  • VERB
    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.
    例句
    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。