invention的解释是什么

1. 发明
2. 创造
3. 虚构
4. 创造力
5. 捏造
6. 发明才能
7. 发明物
8. 创作品
9. 虚构的故事
10. 新发明
11. 发明的东西
12. 创意
13. 编造
14. 创作能力
15. 虚构物
16. 设计
17. 谎言

1. [U]发明,创造 the act of inventing
2. [C]发明物 sth invented
3. [C]捏造,虚构 making up of untrue or unreal things

1.发明物;创造的事物
Aninvention is a machine, device, or system that has been invented by someone.

e.g. It's been a tricky business marketing his newinvention...
推广他的新发明一直是件棘手的事情。
e.g. The spinning wheel was a Chineseinvention.
纺车是中国人的发明。

2.发明;创造
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 theinvention 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。
e.g. ...theinvention of the telephone.
电话的发明

3.捏造;虚构
If you refer to someone's account of something as aninvention, 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...
在这些方面和其他几个方面都存在许多捏造与夸张之处。
e.g. The story was certainly a favourite one, but it was undoubtedly pureinvention.
这个故事当然特别受欢迎,但它无疑纯属虚构。

4.发明才能;创造能力
Invention is the ability to invent things or to have clever and original ideas.

invention的近义词

e.g. ...his great powers ofinvention.
他出色的创造才能

1. Necessity is the mother of invention.
   需要是发明之母。
2. It's a most useful invention.
   这是一项极其有用的发明。
3. The whole story is a pure invention.
   这一切纯属捏造。

• His invention was ever busy devising intrigues.

  出自：W. H. Prescott