invention

1. N-COUNT 发明物;创造的事物
   An invention is a machine, device, or system that has been invented by someone.
   1. 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。
   2. The spinning wheel was a Chinese invention.
      纺车是中国人的发明。
2. N-UNCOUNT 发明;创造
   Invention is the act of inventing something that has never been made or used before.
   1. 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。
   2. ...the invention of the telephone.
      电话的发明
3. N-VAR 捏造;虚构
   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.
   1. 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。
   2. 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。
4. N-UNCOUNT 发明才能;创造能力
   Invention is the ability to invent things or to have clever and original ideas.
   1. ...his great powers of invention.
      他出色的创造才能

1. His own books and memoirs are a farrago of half-truth and outright invention.
   他自己的那些书和回忆录都是掺杂着半真半假的叙述和彻头彻尾的编造的大杂烩。
2. You can't fault them for lack of invention
   你不能因为他们缺乏创新就指责他们。
3. They are now holding their fortnightly meetings at The New Invention Victory Club.
   他们现在正在新发明胜利俱乐部开两周一次的例会。
4. The fundamental problem lies in their inability to distinguish between reality and invention
   最根本的问题在于他们无法分清现实和虚构。
5. 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。
6. The spinning wheel was a Chinese invention.
   纺车是中国人的发明。
7. 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。
8. 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。
9. The new invention ensures the beer keeps a full, frothy head.
   这项新发明能保证啤酒始终保持丰富的泡沫。
10. The invention has been patented by the university.
    那项发明已被那所大学申请了专利。
11. The invention of printing helped the diffusion of learning.
    印刷术的发明有助于知识的传播。
12. Necessity is the mother of invention.
    需要乃发明之母。
13. They attributed the success of their invention to Engineer Huang.
    他们把发明的成功归于黄工程师。
14. This new invention won the highest award.
    这项新发明获得最高奖。
15. We accredit the invention of the electric light bulb to edison.
    我们把电灯的发明归功于爱迪生。
16. 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。
17. The problem was not solved completely until the invention of the marine chronometer in the eighteenth century.
    这个问题之道十八世纪发明了航海经线仪才得以解决。
18. 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。
19. The influence of the invention is inestimable.
    这项发明影响之大不可计量。
20. The present invention is directed to a method of treating poultry hatchlings in a hatchling tray.
    本发明涉及一种处理幼禽槽中的幼禽的方法。
21. The invention of all those machines by which labour is so much facilitated and abridged, seems to have been originally owing to the division of labor.
    简化劳动和节省劳动的那些机械的发明，看来也是起因于分工。
22. They credit the invention to her.
    他们将这一发明归功于她。
23. They demonstrated the new invention to us.
    他们向我们演示了他们的新发明。
24. She was given no credit for her invention.
    她的发明未得到赞扬。
25. They generalized the use of a new invention.
    他们推广一项新发明的应用。
26. This invention is ascribed to edison.
    这项发明被认为是属于爱迪生的。
27. It's a most useful invention.
    这是一项极其有用的发明。
28. He got a patent for this invention.
    他获得了这项发明的专利权。
29. The company have patented many new invention.
    这家公司得到了许多新发明的专利权。

n.

necessity is the mother of invention

• 需要是发明之母
  a difficult new problem forces people to think of a solution to it

noun

1. the act of inventing

2. a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation

   Synonym:    innovation

3. the creation of something in the mind

   Synonym:    innovationexcogitationconceptiondesign