名詞發(fā)明; 發(fā)明物; 捏造：內(nèi)心捏造的東西，特指謊言; 發(fā)明才能
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1. invention是什么意思
1. The machine was his own invention.
這臺(tái)機(jī)器是他自己發(fā)明的。
2. An author must have invention to think up new ideas for stories.
作家必須具有為故事構(gòu)思新意的創(chuàng)造力。
3. No one person can take credit for the invention of writing.
沒有一個(gè)人可以說是他單獨(dú)發(fā)明了寫字。
4. invention
4. That rumor was the old gossip's own invention.
那個(gè)謠言是那個(gè)愛說閑話的老家伙自己編出來的。
1. 發(fā)明物;創(chuàng)造的事物
An invention is a machine, device, or system that has been invented by someone.
e.g. It's been a tricky business marketing his new invention...
推廣他的新發(fā)明一直是件棘手的事情。
e.g. The spinning wheel was a Chinese invention.
紡車是中國(guó)人的發(fā)明。
2. 發(fā)明;創(chuàng)造
Invention is the act of inventing something that has never been made or used before.
e.g. More than eight million books were printed within fifty years after the invention of the printing press.
印刷機(jī)發(fā)明以后的 50 年間,有 800 多萬冊(cè)圖書被印刷。
e.g. ...the invention of the telephone.
電話的發(fā)明
3. 捏造;虛構(gòu)
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.
e.g. In these and several other respects, there are many inventions and exaggerations...
在這些方面和其他幾個(gè)方面都存在許多捏造與夸張之處。
e.g. The story was certainly a favourite one, but it was undoubtedly pure invention.
這個(gè)故事當(dāng)然特別受歡迎,但它無疑純屬虛構(gòu)。
4. 發(fā)明才能;創(chuàng)造能力
Invention is the ability to invent things or to have clever and original ideas.
e.g. ...his great powers of invention.
他出色的創(chuàng)造才能