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单词 invent
释义
invent
verb[T]
uk
/ɪnˈvent/us
/ɪnˈvent/

inventverb[T](NEW DESIGN)

B1
todesignand/orcreatesomething that has never been made before:
发明，创造
The firstsafetyrazorwas invented bycompanyfounderKing C. Gillette in 1903.第一把安全剃刀由公司创始人金‧坎普‧吉列于1903年发明。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
to make something
  • makeCan I make you a cup of coffee?
  • produceCalifornia produces a lot of grapes.
  • createLeonardo da Vinci created the masterpiece we know as "Mona Lisa".
  • inventAlexander Graham Bell is credited with inventing the telephone.
  • developThey are working to develop the next generation of underwater vehicles.
  • manufactureThe car is manufactured in Germany.
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More examples
  • Iwishsomeone would invent aneverlastinglightbulb.
  • Pneumatictyreswere invented in 1888 byJohnDunlop.
  • Gaslampsbecameobsoletewhenelectriclightingwas invented.
  • He has invented awhollyfactitiousstoryabout his past.
  • Shetriedtosavefaceby inventing astoryabout beingoverseasat thetime.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Inventing, designing and innovation
  • absorptive capacity
  • architect
  • artificer
  • bionics
  • blueprint
  • customized
  • design
  • designer
  • devise
  • dreamsomethingup
  • modularization
  • nanotechnology
  • non-imitative
  • operational research
  • originator
  • technology
  • themed
  • think outside the boxidiom
  • thinksomethingup
  • trailblaze
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inventverb[T](NOT TRUE)

B2
tocreateareason,excuse,story, etc. that is nottrue, usually todeceivesomeone:
捏造，编造，虚构
But I didn't invent thestory- everything I told you istrue.但我没有胡编——我告诉你的都是真的。
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to say something not true in order to deceive
  • lieAll she does is lie - you can't believe a word she says.
  • tell a lieI cannot tell a lie: I chopped down the cherry tree.
  • lie through your teethHe lied through his teeth that he didn't go to the cinema, though he was still holding the ticket stub in his hand as he said it.
  • fibI don't like fibbing, but I didn't want to hurt his feelings by saying his gift was awful.
  • misleadI'm afraid you've been misled. She is, in fact, married.
  • deludeHe's deluding himself if he thinks that he's getting that promotion.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Lies, lying & hypocrisy
  • a pack of liesidiom
  • artifice
  • bad faith
  • black is whiteidiom
  • cakeism
  • canard
  • falsehood
  • falsification
  • feedsomeonea lineidiom
  • fib
  • fiction
  • lie
  • myth
  • mythologically
  • mythologize
  • perjure
  • venality
  • weasel words
  • white lie
  • whopper
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(Definition ofinventfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

invent| American Dictionary

invent
verb[T]
us
/ɪnˈvent/
todesignorcreatesomething that did notexistbefore:
Gutenberg inventedmovabletypein the 15thcentury.
To invent is also tocreateastoryorexplanationwhich is nottrue:
I don’tknowwhat I reallysawand what I’ve invented.
(Definition ofinventfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

invent| Business English

invent
verb[T]
uk
/ɪnˈvent/us
todesignorcreatesomething which has never been made or has neverexistedbefore:
One of thesurestwaysto makemoneyin thestockmarketis tofindacompanythat invents a newdrug.
TheWorldWideWebwas invented in 1989.
tocreateareason,excuse, etc. which is nottrueinordertodeceivesomeone:
Managers often invent anexplanationfortheiractions.

See also

not-invented-here syndrome
(Definition ofinventfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofinvent

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The extraordinary stories that he invents or that he reports when he describes cities and regions are part of this tendency to exaggerate.
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The human mind, straining to interpret elusive detail at the limit of perception, invented narrow linear features that are simply not there.
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Due to the negative connotation of this word, they invented a category of umukene nyakujya (very poor). 29.
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The recent scaling down of mobile device form factors has made this problem more general, and various rules have been invented.
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Many different algorithms have been invented to simulate the late reverberation efficiently.
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All the things that others invented before ... our revival ... do not need to be reinvented.
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Effect of phoneme awareness instruction on kindergarten children's invented spelling.
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Throughout this entire narrative there is an irresolvable undecidability, as it becomes impossible to tell fact from fiction, recounting from inventing.
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Both cantautore and canzone d'autore were terms invented and used in order to elaborate such a language.
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The reason that non-monotonic logics were invented was, of course, in order to use logic to reason about the world.
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In other words, it is not plausible that these individuals should have invented so similar stories at different times and places.
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Is this to be viewed as purely invented by colonial courts and imposed upon an otherwise integrated family?
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As each one of them has failed, still newer rationality has been invented to continue the deployment.
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There was also evidence to suggest that teachers' own experience of composing affected the ways in which they taught inventing.
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The perspective, invented in the fifteenth century, makes possible the representation of the world as a landscape.
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