invent
verb- invent something
to produce or design something that has not existed before 發明；創造 Who invented the steam engine? 誰發明了蒸汽機？ I wish mobile phones had never been invented! 要是手機沒被發明就好了！ The term ‘sociology’ was invented by Auguste Comte. sociology（社會學）這個詞是奧古斯特•孔德創造出來的。
Extra ExamplesHe practically invented the modern stand-up comedy act. 他實際上發明了現代單口喜劇的表演方式。 Louis Braille invented an alphabet to help blind people. 爲了幫助盲人讀書，路易•布拉耶發明了一種盲文。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- practically
- virtually
- single-handedly
- …
- newly invented
- invent something
to say or describe something that is not true, especially in order to trick people 編造；捏造；虛構 What excuse did he invent this time? 他這次編了什麽借口？ Many children invent an imaginary friend. 很多兒童都有一個假想朋友。
Extra ExamplesTopics Personal qualitiesb1He considered inventing some pretext for calling her. 他考慮編個借口給她打電話。 I did not have to invent any tales about my past. 關於我的過去我不必編造任何故事。
Word Originlate 15th cent. (in the sense ‘find out, discover’): from Latin invent- ‘contrived, discovered’, from the verb invenire, from in- ‘into’ + venire ‘come’.