单词 | invention |
释义 | invention n 1 [U] (a) action of inventing 发明; 创造; 虚构; 捏造 the invention of radio by Marconi 马可尼对无线电的发明 a story of one´s own invention, ie invented by oneself 自己杜撰的故事. (b) capacity for inventing 发明或创造的才能; 虚构或捏造的能力. (c) (euph 婉) making up of untrue or unreal things; lying 虚构; 捏造; 造假; 撒谎 I´m afraid he is guilty of a good deal of invention. 我看他撒了很多谎. 2 [C] thing that is invented 发明物 the scientific inventions of the 20th century 20世纪的科技发明. 3 (idm 习语) necessity is the mother of invention => necessity. |
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