invent
英 [ɪnˈvent]
美 [ɪnˈvent]
v. 发明; 创造; 编造; 捏造; 虚构
过去分词：invented 过去式：invented 现在分词：inventing 第三人称单数：invents
Oxford 3000 / Collins.2 / BNC.3639 / COCA.3398
同义词辨析
inventv. 发明，创造
〔辨析〕
指通过研究、思考等制造出前所未有之物，多用于科技领域。
〔例证〕
Who invented the printer?
谁发明了打印机？
He didn't know when the telephone was invented.
他不知道电话是什么时候发明的。
谁发明了打印机？
He didn't know when the telephone was invented.
他不知道电话是什么时候发明的。
createv. 创造，创建
〔辨析〕
指创造出以前并不存在的新事物。
〔例证〕
The government planned to create more than 200 new jobs.
政府计划创造二百多个新的就业机会。
He created a new kind of game.
他发明了一种新游戏。
政府计划创造二百多个新的就业机会。
He created a new kind of game.
他发明了一种新游戏。
devisev. 设计，发明
〔辨析〕
指想出做某事的新方法。
〔例证〕
He devised a method to ease the traffic jams in the city.
他发明出一种缓解该市交通拥堵的方法。
他发明出一种缓解该市交通拥堵的方法。
牛津词典
verb
- 发明；创造
to produce or design sth that has not existed before- Who invented the steam engine?
谁发明了蒸汽机？
- Who invented the steam engine?
- 编造；捏造；虚构
to say or describe sth that is not true, especially in order to trick people- 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。
- What excuse did he invent this time?
柯林斯词典
- VERB 发明;创造;首创
If youinventsomething such as a machine or process, you are the first person to think of it or make it.- 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。
- He invented the first electric clock...
- VERB 编造;捏造;虚构
If youinventa story or excuse, you try to make other people believe that it is true when in fact it is not.- 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。
- I stood still, trying to invent a plausible excuse.
英英释义
verb
- come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort
- excogitate a way to measure the speed of light
- make up something artificial or untrue
双语例句
- Can't you invent a better excuse than that?
你就不能编造一个高明些的藉口吗？ - Create and invent new projects and new possibilities.
学会创造和发明新的项目和可能性。 - Writing had not been invented as yet.
书写体系当时还没有创造出来。 - We can invent something with some classmates.
可以和同学一起做小发明。 - Artists invent tools, imagine new representations of the universe, and create the languages of tomorrow.
艺术家们发明了新的工具，想象出了宇宙新的表现力，并且创造了未来的语言。 - We must invent an excuse for being late.
我们必须编造一个迟到的理由。 - Using their limited intellectual ability to invent jargon means they have less time to spend on ruining the business.
他们把有限的智商用在了发明行话上，意味着他们可用于糟蹋业务的时间变少了。 - 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。 - We have become so technologically brilliant surely we will invent a solution; find a way around our problems.
我们已经变得如此辉煌的技术，我们一定会发明一种解决方案，我们找到一个解决问题的方法。 - He didn't just invent the bulb.
他并不仅仅发明了灯泡。