invention

复数：inventions

1. [U]发明,创造 the act of inventing
2. [C]发明物 sth invented
3. [C]捏造,虚构 making up of untrue or unreal things

• back an invention支持发明
• commercialize an invention使发明商品化
• make an invention发明创造
• market an invention出售发明专利

• dangerous invention危险的发明
• gross invention弥天大谎
• pure invention纯属捏造

• extra office invention非职务发明

patented invention发明专利权

patent of invention发明专利

1. The invention of the computer marked the beginning of a new era.
   计算机的发明标志着一个新时代的开始。
2. Necessity is the mother of invention.
   需要是发明之母。
3. This story is apparently a complete invention.
   这个故事显然完全是虚构的。
4. The whole thing is an invention of a newspaper.
   整件事都是一家报纸虚构的。
5. Your invention is very practical.
   你的发明物很实用。
6. The machine is his own invention.
   这台机器是他自己的发明物。