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单词 invention
释义
invention
noun[CorU]
uk
/ɪnˈven.ʃən/us
/ɪnˈven.ʃən/

inventionnoun[C or U](NEW DESIGN)

B1
something that has never been made before, or theprocessofcreatingsomething that has never been made before:
发明，创造
Theworldchangedrapidlyafter the invention of thephone.电话发明后世界的变化日新月异。
a mostamazinginvention非常了不起的发明
More examples
  • The invention of thecontraceptivepillbroughtaboutprofoundchangesin thelivesof women.
  • If you don'tpatentyourinvention, otherpeoplemay make all theprofitout of it.
  • The invention of thesiliconchipwas alandmarkin thehistoryof thecomputer.
  • This invention made amajorcontributiontoroadsafety.
  • The 20thcenturywasremarkableforitsinventions.
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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inventionnoun[C or U](NOT TRUE)

astoryorexcusethat is nottrue, or theactofcreatingastoryorexcusethat is nottrue:
捏造，编造，虚构的故事
All thatgossipabout Linda was justpureinvention.有关琳达的所有流言都纯属虚构。
Becarefulwhat youbelieve- herpowersofinvention(=abilitytothinkofexcuses, etc.)are wellknown.注意你该信什么——她编瞎话的本领是出了名的。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
True, real, false, and unreal
  • actual
  • actuality
  • actually
  • all that glitters is not goldidiom
  • apocryphal
  • faithful
  • fake news
  • false
  • false flag
  • falsely
  • nothing could be further from the truthidiom
  • nothing could have been further from my mind/thoughtsidiom
  • parallel universe
  • post-factual
  • practically
  • veridical
  • verifiability
  • verifiable
  • verifiably
  • verily
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(Definition ofinventionfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

invention| American Dictionary

invention
noun[C/U]
us
/ɪnˈven·ʃən/
somethingnewlydesignedorcreated, or theactivityofdesigningorcreatingnew things:
[C]Themountainbikewas a California invention.
[U]The invention of thepressurecookerprovidedamethodforcookingquickly.
[C]Hisstoryof beingkidnappedandheldprisonerwas an invention(= somethingrepresentedas beingtruewhich is nottrue).
(Definition ofinventionfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

invention| Business English

invention
noun
uk
/ɪnˈvenʃən/us
[C]
aproductor a way of doing something which has never been made or neverexistedbefore:
Turning an invention from anideainto a money-makingproductis alongjob.
anew inventions
[U]
theprocessofcreatingsomething that has never been made or neverexistedbefore:
the invention of sthThecompanyclaimsthat this is the mostimportantdevelopmentsince the invention of theprintingpress.
(Definition ofinventionfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofinvention

invention
Table 1 provides information on these 28 human-competitive results that relate to previously patented inventions.
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An examination of patents for machinery shows that most were not radically new inventions, but closely imitated familiar techniques for manufacturing bricks by hand.
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Perhaps its most impressive aspect is less the inventions themselves - after all, there have always been brilliant individuals - than its sheer momentum.
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Only great inventions have made it possible for civilizations to keep from sliding back into cycles of repetition.
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The paper describes the approach and lists previously patented inventions that have been reinvented by genetic programming.
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The negative feedback amplifier is regarded as one of the most outstanding inventions in the control arena.
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They strove to get and to keep in touch with the inventions, new techniques and foreign practices relevant to their field.
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The tendency to dream that leads to surprising inventions and enterprises?
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People will inevitably find a negative use for most inventions.
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There is little doubt, however, that these social inventions played a significant role in structuring the lives of adolescents in the 20th century.
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Considerations for selecting a representation for mechanism design are presented, and a number of human-competitive inventions are shown.
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The noninfringing novel designs can be considered new inventions.
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Table 4 shows the two inventions generated by genetic programming for which a patent application has been filed.
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The more they attempted to resist their inventions the more they become exasperated at the constraints of such identities.
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The mediation of inventions through these extensions is a time-critical activity.
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Collocationswithinvention

invention

These are words often used in combination withinvention.

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claimed invention
Novelty of the claimed invention is destroyed if there is a disclosure of an embodiment which falls within the claim.
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greatest invention
The petrol engine is thegreatestinventionsince the wheel.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
independent invention
When these social and economic forces dictated, cultural innovations might be adopted through diffusion or (more rarely)independentinvention.
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