invent
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ɪnˈvent]
- 美式音标 [ɪnˈvɛnt]
- 国际音标 [in'vent]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- vt. 发明;创造;虚构
用法辨析
- invent的基本意思为“发明”,强调运用想象力创造出以前从来未有的事物(机器、设备、方法、材料等); 也可指通过调查研究和思考发明有用的东西,强调通过智慧和思考,而非靠灵感来“发明创造”。用于比喻也可指出于不诚实或坏的目的捏造借口、理由、事实等。
- invent是及物动词,接名词或代词作宾语,可用于被动结构。
v. (动词)
英汉例句
- I wish someone would invent clothing that can't be worn out.
我希望有人发明一种穿不破的衣服。
用作动词 (v.)
用作及物动词: S+~+ n./pron.
词组短语
- invent the combine harvester 发明联合收割机
- invent an excuse 找借口
- invent an explanation 捏造一种说法
- invent a false story 虚构故事
- invent a new game 发明一种新游戏
用作动词 (v.)
~+名词
英英字典
- (NEW DESIGN) to design and/or create something that has never been made before
- (NOT TRUE) to create a reason, excuse, story, etc. that is not true, usually to deceive someone
- If you invent something such as a machine or process, you are the first person to think of it or make it.
- If you invent a story or excuse, you try to make other people believe that it is true when in fact it is not.
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专业释义
- 发明
Some people forecast the tech-nology of internet will be the most great technology invent in next 1,000 years.
有人预测,网络技术将是下一个千年中最重要的技术发明,它将对社会发展产生巨大的推动力。文学
- 虚构
The human being invent a“second real world, but not depart from the flesh and blood.
人通过语言虚构了一个第二真实的世界,却没有“离于世”,而是将生命或灵魂注于物性的世界,让世界生命化。