n.(名词)

1. 创造力

v.(动词)

1. 捏造
2. 发明
3. 创造
4. 虚构
5. 创作
6. 创建
7. 创立
8. 创制
9. 杜撰
10. 胡编
11. 写下
12. 提出
13. 编造
14. 想出
15. 设计
16. 找到
17. 发现

v.(动词)

1. vt. 发明; 创造 make up, think of, or produce for the first time
2. vt. 编造 make up (sth unreal or untrue)

Verb:

1. come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort;

   "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light"
   

2. make up something artificial or untrue

1.发明;创造;首创
If youinvent something such as a machine or process, you are the first person to think of it or make it.

invent的翻译

e.g. He invented the first electric clock...
他发明了第一个电动机械钟。
e.g. Writing had not been invented as yet.
书写体系当时还没有创造出来。

2.编造;捏造;虚构
If youinvent a story or excuse, you try to make other people believe that it is true when in fact it is not.

invent

e.g. I stood still, trying toinvent a plausible excuse.
我站着不动,试图编个说得过去的借口。

1. 发明,创造：美国纪录片制作者怀斯曼说:我们拍纪录片和小说家创作不一样,作家是在进行一种新的发明创造(invent),而纪录片工作者是在生活中分辨出(recognize)什么是真正有趣的东西,并使用非常戏剧化的形式表现出来.

2. 虚构：但是,请审视该问题所采取的值得注意的形式:他假设了一个主权国,并且虚构(invent)了一个想象中的偏远地区(never-never现在,我想提出的问题是:真正欠你钱的人是谁?

Can you tell me who invented the telephone?

你能告诉我是谁发明了电话？

He always strives to invent something new.

他一直努力要发明新东西。

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。

We must invent an excuse for our absence.

我们必须为缺席编造一个藉口。

I invent the story about the man on my way home.

在回家的路上，我虚构了有关那个人的故事。

Don't invent an excuse.

不要捏造借口。

Who invented the steam engine?

谁发明了蒸汽机？

What excuse did he invent this time?

他这次编了什么借口？

Many children invent an imaginary friend.

很多儿童都有一个假想朋友。

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。

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。

This kind of machine is invent in the 1970's.

这种机器是七十年代发明的.

Efforts to invent new ways to bring together Chinese money and Hong Kong stocks continue.

有关方面仍在继续努力推出将大陆资金引入香港股市的措施.

Feel free to invent a nickname for your Student if you like.

如果你喜欢,可以随意给你的学生起一个绰号.

What festivals of atonement, what sacred games shall we have to invent?

我们该发明什么赎罪的庆典, 什么神圣的把戏?

Here, we have a short cut, where we don't have to invent new antibiotics.

在这里, 我们有一条捷径, 我们不需要发明抗生菌.

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.

What explanation can we invent?

我们能想出(编造出)什么解释 呢 ?

Like a lot of Web innovators, the Obama campaign did not invent anything completely new.

就像很多网络革新者一样, 奥巴马阵营没有发明任何全新的东西.

Will people invent new types of transportation?

人们将会发明新型的交通工具 吗 ?

They invent tools and machines to help them in their work.

他们发明机器来帮助自己工作.

I invent the story about the man on my way home.

在回家的路上,我虚构了有关那个人的故事.

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.

The success of an economy depends on its ability to invent and embrace new protocols.

经济的成功依赖于其发明和采用新协议的能力.

Do you know who invent magnetic needle?

你知道指南针是谁发明的 吗 ?

Her lips so big, Chap Stick had to invent a spray.

她嘴唇这么大, 抹冻疮膏必须发明喷射装置.

What had led Galois to invent this theory?

是什么导致伽罗瓦发明这条理论?

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.

Regulators may also have to invent new tools or revive ones that have fallen into disuse.

此外,监管机构还必须发明新的工具,或重新捡起那些弃用的工具.

The government has to invent projects that will employ the least skilled.

政府不得不搞出一些再就业工程来雇用技能最差的劳工.

I have a plan! Is must invent a new robot.

我有一个打算! 就是要发明一个新的机器人.

Japan is the last country to invent radar, but England.

发明雷达的国家决不是日本, 而是英国.

And the best way to predict the future is to invent it.

然而,预见未来的最好方法就是创造未来.

用作及物动词S+～+ n./pron.

1. I wish someone would invent clothing that can't be worn out.
   我希望有人发明一种穿不破的衣服。
2. Who invented the steam engine?
   谁发明了蒸汽机?
3. He was the man who invented the combine harvester.
   他就是发明联合收割机的人。
4. Edison invented the electric light lamp.
   爱迪生发明了电灯。
5. He taught them a game he had invented.
   他教他们自己发明的一种新游戏。
6. He has invented a new way of making silk.
   他发明了制丝的新方法。
7. The scientists are still working on inventing new methods of reaching outer space.
   科学家们仍然在致力于发明到达外部空间的新方法。
8. He invented a story to explain why he was late.
   他编造一个借口来解释他为什么迟到了。
9. The boy is not honest because he always invented stories.
   这个男孩不诚实,因为他总爱编造假话。
10. She invented false news.
    她捏造了假消息。
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11. The compass was invented in China four thousand years ago.
    中国在4000年前发明了指南针。
12. Printing was first invented by Chinese.
    印刷术最早是由中国人发明的。
13. The game of rugby was invented when a boy at the school, tired of kicking the ball, picked it up and ran with it.
    学校里一个男孩子踢球踢烦了,捡起球抱着跑起来了,就这样发明了橄榄球。
14. His stories were purely invented.
    他的故事纯属虚构。

～+名词

• invent%20the%20combine%20harvester">invent the combine harvester发明联合收割机
• invent%20an%20excuse">invent an excuse找借口
• invent%20an%20explanation">invent an explanation捏造一种说法
• invent%20a%20false%20story">invent a false story虚构故事
• invent%20a%20new%20game">invent a new game发明一种新游戏
• invent%20a%20new%20method">invent a new method发明了新的方法

～+副词

• invent%20smartly">invent smartly虚构得很妙

• She's an imaginary character I invented.

  出自：J. Van Druten

v.(动词)

1. invent的基本意思为“发明”,强调运用想象力创造出以前从来未有的事物(机器、设备、方法、材料等); 也可指通过调查研究和思考发明有用的东西,强调通过智慧和思考,而非靠灵感来“发明创造”。用于比喻也可指出于不诚实或坏的目的捏造借口、理由、事实等。
2. invent是及物动词,接名词或代词作宾语,可用于被动结构。

v.(动词)

invent, discover, find, find out, look for

这组词(组)都有“发明”“发现”的意思。discover指发现或偶然发现原来就存在但一直未被认识的东西; look for作“寻找”解时,指寻找的动作和过程; find指寻找的结果,即“找到”,是非延续性动词,不如discover正式; find out指经过观察、调查把某事、某物查出来,搞清楚,弄明白,多用于复杂而不易直接查出的情况; invent指发明原来不存在的东西,有时也可指虚构、捏造。例如:

Whilhelm Roentgen discovered X rays.威尔海尔姆·伦琴发现了X射线。

He was amazed to find her there.发现她在那里,他很吃惊。

Let's try and find out what's at the back of this problems.咱们想法弄清问题的背景是怎样的。

Whatt invented the steam engine.瓦特发明了蒸汽机。

She ran across some old letters when she was looking for something else.她找别的东西时,偶然翻出几封过去的信。

create，compose，design，invent，make，produce

这些动词均有“创造”，“制作”之意。

create侧重创造出来的东西以前并不存在，或者指独具特色的创作。

compose多指音乐或诗歌、画的创作。

design主要指在艺术或技术领域的创作设计，强调构思多于实际制造。

invent主要用于科技领域，指通过思考、研究或实验制造出新的前所未有、极为有用的东西。

make最普通用词，指任何东西的创作或制造。

produce指产品的生产，或作品创作的完成。