invention

invention

[in'venʃən]

n.发明, 虚构, 发明物

例句与用法：

The invention of modern xerography has made our work much easier.

现代复印术的发明让我们的工作轻松多了。

The invention of aircraft caused a revolution in our ways of travelling.

飞机的发明引起了旅行方式的巨大改变。

The invention of the computer marked the beginning of a new era.

计算机的发明标志着一个新时代的开始。

Your invention is not practical.

你的发明不实用。

Mass literacy was only possible after the invention of printing.

发明了印刷术后文化教育才得以普及。

He got a patent for this invention.

他获得了这项发明的专利权。

Necessity is the mother of invention.

需要是发明之母。

词形变化：

形容词: inventional |

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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。