invention是什么意思？

invention

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；

复数：inventions;

例句

• He signed away all his rights to the invention. 他签字放弃了这项发明的全部权利。
• The invention of the compass was referred to China. 指南针是中国发明的。
• Your invention is clever, but not practical. 你的发明很巧, 但不实用。
• This new invention has an enormous sales potential. 这项新发明有巨大的销售潜力。
• That invention won him a medal. 那项发明为他赢得了一枚奖章。
• The whole story is a pure invention. 这一切纯粹是捏造。
• It's a most useful invention. 这是一项极其有用的发明。
• Necessity is the mother of invention. 需要是发明之母。
• They generalized the use of a new invention. 他们推广一项新发明的应用。
• A new age dawned with the invention of the radio. 随着无线电的发明, 一个新时代开始了。

英语四级真题

Why does the author mention Kodak's invention of the first digital camera?
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英语六级真题

Smith touches on construction methods, the revolutionary invention of the automatic lift, the practicalities of living in the sky and the likelihood that, as cities become more crowded, apartment living will become the norm.
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He becomes an inventor and sells his inventions in order to attend the university.
出自-2013年6月听力原文
E) The application essay, along with its mythical importance, is a recent invention.
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柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  发明物;创造的事物
  An invention is a machine, device, or system that has been invented by someone.
  例句
  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。
• N-UNCOUNT
  发明;创造
  Invention is the act of inventing something that has never been made or used before.
  例句
  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
• N-VAR
  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.
  例句
  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。
• N-UNCOUNT
  发明才能;创造能力
  Invention is the ability to invent things or to have clever and original ideas.
  例句
  ...his great powers of invention. 他出色的创造才能

英汉词典释义

• n.
  发明, 创造
  Necessity is the mother of invention. 需要是发明之母。
  发明物
  It's a most useful invention. 这是一项极其有用的发明。
  捏造, 虚构
  The whole story is a pure invention. 这一切纯粹是捏造。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. the creation of something in the mind
  2. a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation
  3. the act of inventing

行业词典

• 哲学： 发明；