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BNC: 4752 COCA: 4773

invention

noun
/ɪnˈvenʃn/
/ɪnˈvenʃn/
Idioms
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  1. [countable] a thing or an idea that has been invented发明;创造
    • Fax machines were a wonderful invention at the time.传真机在当时是一项了不起的发明。
    • He failed to patent his invention and never made a penny from it.他未能为自己的发明申请到专利,因而一分钱也没赚到。
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    • The two friends started a company to market their invention.这两个朋友开办了一家公司来推销他们的发明。
    • This combination of cheese and apples is not an invention of the north of England.奶酪和苹果的结合不是英格兰北部的发明。
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    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • latest
    • new
    • modern
    verb + invention
    • come up with
    • design
    • license
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  2. [uncountable] the act of inventing something发明;创造
    • 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。
    • After the war, Westinghouse devoted himself to invention.战后,西屋公司致力于发明。
  3. [countable, uncountable] the act of inventing a story or an idea and pretending that it is true; a story invented in this way虚构;编造;虚构的故事
    • This story is apparently a complete invention.这个故事显然完全是虚构的。
    • Most of what she says is pure invention.她说的大部分都是纯粹的发明。
    • What would he tell his parents? Some invention and quick thinking—that’s what was needed.他会跟他的父母说什么?胡编乱造加上随机应变-这就是他所需要的。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • pure
    phrases
    • power of invention
    • powers of invention
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  4. [uncountable] the ability to have new and interesting ideas创造力;创意
    • John was full of invention—always 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。
    • Her powers of invention were somewhat limited.她的发明能力有些有限。
  5. Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘finding out, discovery’): from Latin inventio(n-), from invenire ‘discover’, from in- ‘into’ + venire ‘come’.
Idioms
necessity is the mother of invention
  1. (saying) a difficult new problem forces people to think of a solution to it需求是发明之母
BNC: 4752 COCA: 4773
invention

noun¹

1new thing新事物ADJECTIVE | VERB + INVENTION ADJECTIVElatest, new最新的發明;新發明modern, newfangled現代/新奇發明brilliant, ingenious, wonderful傑出的/精妙的/奇妙的發明patented已獲專利的發明culinary, linguistic, technological, etc.烹飪、語言、技術等發明He dedicated many of his culinary inventions to famous people.他把自己的許多烹飪發明都奉獻給了名人。VERB + INVENTIONcome up with, design想出/設計發明license, patent, register授權使用發明;為發明申請專利;為發明進行註冊He failed to patent his invention and never made any money from it.他沒能為自己的發明申請到專利,因而從中沒賺到過一分錢。commercialize, market使發明商業化;推銷發明The two friends started a company to market their invention.這兩個朋友開辦了一家公司來推銷他們的發明。
invention

noun²

2untrue story虛構的故事ADJECTIVE | PHRASES ADJECTIVEpure純粹的虛構Most of what he says is pure invention!他所說的多半都純屬揑造!PHRASESpower of invention, powers of invention虛構的能力His powers of invention are somewhat limited.他編造故事的能力頗為有限。
BNC: 4752 COCA: 4773
invention noun
development
BNC: 4752 COCA: 4773
invention
Inventing and inventions or discoveries: breakthrough, coin, contrive...
General words for machinery and equipment: apparatus, armamentarium, array...
Lies: lie, invention, falsehood...
Intelligence, intuition and ability to understand: intelligence, intuition, intellect...

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