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. 发明物;创造的事物
SYN creation, machine, device, design
2 N-UNCOUNT 发明;创造 Invention is the act of inventing something that has never been made or used before. 发明;创造
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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。
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...the invention of the telephone. [+ of]
电话的发明
SYN development, design, production, setting up
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. 捏造;虚构
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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。
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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。
SYN fiction, story [informal] , fantasy, lie
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. 发明才能;创造能力
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