invented
past simple and past participle ofinvent
| 单词 | invented |
| 释义 | invented past simple and past participle ofinvent invent verb[T] uk/ɪnˈvent/us/ɪnˈvent/inventverb[T](NEW DESIGN)B1 todesignand/orcreatesomething that has never been made before: The firstsafetyrazorwas invented bycompanyfounderKing C. Gillette in 1903. to make something
Inventing, designing and innovation
inventverb[T](NOT TRUE)B2 tocreateareason,excuse,story, etc. that is nottrue, usually todeceivesomeone: But I didn't invent thestory- everything I told you istrue. Lies, lying & hypocrisy
Examplesofinventedinvented In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Moreover, they contend that archival documents showing the ubiquitous presence of enemies are misleading : the policeinventedenemies everywhere. From theCambridge English Corpus Conversely, cases for which an example sentence could not easily beinventedwere considered dubious. From theCambridge English Corpus A nation 'invented' as she described it could easily be de-invented, once the external stimuli were removed. From theCambridge English Corpus Most alluringly, performance studies hasinventeda language of interpretation that attends to the fluid and vivid details of an individual performance. From theCambridge English Corpus As public monuments, the stelae follow the conventions of an artistic language that wasinventedin order to make public declarations. From theCambridge English Corpus They eitherinventedwhole new syndromes or exaggerated a few common symptoms to build fatal diseases out of minor distempers. From theCambridge English Corpus We keep the current best, add eight out of the nine terms produced and add a brand newinventedterm. From theCambridge English Corpus Four main serious arguments are identified:inventedsentences are 'meaningless'; they are not discourse; they are not 'real': and they are 'bad' for learners. From theCambridge English Corpus One could say that mechanical production set itself in opposition to something, andinventedcraft - making without machines. From theCambridge English Corpus My student teachersinventedand adapted, culturally appropriate and socially relevant song lyrics, rhythmic chants and accompanying actions to create musical games. From theCambridge English Corpus The work done thus far on these constructions (and in construal literature in general), however, has been based almost entirely oninventedor anecdotal examples. From theCambridge English Corpus Ourinventedspelling scale gave more points to spellings that consisted of only conventional letters than to spellings that included other types of symbols. From theCambridge English Corpus Measuring phonological awareness through theinventedspellings of kindergarten children. From theCambridge English Corpus The human mind, straining to interpret elusive detail at the limit of perception,inventednarrow linear features that are simply not there. From theCambridge English Corpus Some other function should beinventedfor objective characterization of the plasma macroscopic state and its evolution. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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