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invent ☞inventv. [ɪn′vent] (invents; invented; inventing)
双解释义 1. vt.发明；创造 make up, think of, or produce for the first time2. vt.编造 make up (sth unreal or untrue)基本要点 1. 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。2. invent是及物动词，接名词或代词作宾语，可用于被动结构。词汇搭配 ～+名词 ～ the combine harvester 发明联合收割机 ～ an excuse 找借口 ～ an explanation 捏造一种说法 ～ a false story 虚构故事 ～ a new game 发明一种新游戏 ～ a new method 发明了新的方法 ～+副词 ～ smartly 虚构得很妙句型例句 用作及物动词 ▲ S+～+n./pron. 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。 Who invented the steam engine? 谁发明了蒸汽机? He was the man who invented the combine harvester. 他就是发明联合收割机的人。 Edison invented the electric light lamp. 爱迪生发明了电灯。 He taught them a game he had invented. 他教他们自己发明的一种新游戏。 He has invented a new way of making silk. 他发明了制丝的新方法。 The scientists are still working on inventing new methods of reaching outer space. 科学家们仍然在致力于发明到达外部空间的新方法。 He invented a story to explain why he was late. 他编造一个借口来解释他为什么迟到了。 The boy is not honest because he always invented stories. 这个男孩不诚实，因为他总爱编造假话。 She invented false news. 她捏造了假消息。◇ 用于be ～ed结构 The compass was invented in China four thousand years ago. 中国在4000年前发明了指南针。 Printing was first invented by Chinese. 印刷术最早是由中国人发明的。 The game of rugby was invented when a boy at the school, tired of kicking the ball, picked it up and ran with it. 学校里一个男孩子踢球踢烦了，捡起球抱着跑起来了，就这样发明了橄榄球。 His stories were purely invented. 他的故事纯属虚构。词语辨异 ♣ invent, discover, find, find out, look for 参见discover条。 |