| 释义 |
invention
KK:[ɪn`vєnʃәn] DJ:[in`venʃәn]
n.
1. 发明, 创造[U]
No one person can take credit for the invention of writing.
没有一个人可以说是他单独发明了写字。
2. 发明物, 创作品[C]
The machine was his own invention.
这台机器是他自己发明的。
3. 创造力, 发明才能[U]
An author must have invention to think up new ideas for stories.
作家必须具有为故事构思新意的创造力。
4. 捏造, 虚构[C][U]
That rumor was the old gossip's own invention.
那个谣言是那个爱说闲话的老家伙自己编出来的。
名复: inventions
同义参见:
coinage
formation
fiction
pretense
反义参见:
imitation |