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
计算机的发明标志着一个新时代的开始。
Necessity is the mother of invention.需要是发明之母。
This story is apparently a complete invention.这个故事显然完全是虚构的。
The whole thing is an invention of a newspaper.整件事都是一家报纸虚构的。
Your invention is very practical.你的发明物很实用。
The machine is his own invention.这台机器是他自己的发明物。
Fax machines were a wonderful invention at the time.传真机在当时是一项了不起的发明。
Such changes have not been seen since the invention of the printing press.自从发明了印刷机，这种变革还没有出现过。
This story is apparently a complete invention.这个故事显然完全是虚构的。
John was full of invention'u2500always making up new dance steps and sequences.约翰有丰富的创造力——总能编出新的舞步和连续舞步。
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。
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
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。
...his great powers of invention.他出色的创造才能
This safety invention will eject the pilot from a burning plane.这个安全装置会把飞行员从燃烧着的飞机中弹出.
Your invention is clever, but not practical.你的发明很巧, 但不实用.
It's a most useful invention.这是一项极其有用的发明.
He is credited with the invention.那发明该归功于他.
They demonstrated the new invention to us.他们向我们演示了他们的新发明.
The invention of the compass was referred to China.指南针是中国发明的.
This invention is ascribed to Edison.这项发明被认为是属于爱迪生的.
This new invention has an enormous sales potential.这项新发明有巨大的销售潜力.
They attributed the success of their invention to Engineer Huang.他们把发明的成功归于黄工程师.
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.
Tell us how you lit upon the idea for your invention.请告诉我们,你是怎么想到你那个发明的.
Necessity is the mother of invention.[谚]需要是发明之母.
Come along, someone must want to know my invention.再努力想想看, 肯定会有人对我的发明感兴趣.
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.
His invention was ever busy devising intrigues.
出自：W. H. Prescott
