invent

US [ɪnˈvent]
UK [ɪn'vent]
  • v.发明；创造；编造；捏造
  • Web虚构；创作；发明某物
Simple Present：invents  Present Participle：inventing  Past Tense：invented  

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invent
v.
1.
~ sth
发明；创造to produce or design sth that has not existed before
Who invented the steam engine?
谁发明了蒸汽机？
2.
~ sth
编造；捏造；虚构to say or describe sth that is not true, especially in order to trick people
What excuse did he invent this time?
他这次编了什么借口？
Many children invent an imaginary friend.
很多儿童都有一个假想朋友。

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1.
It would make sense to take advantage of this expertise instead of trying to re-invent it.
所以，利用这些专家经验，而不是设法重新创建一个是有道理的。
suǒ yǐ , lì yòng zhè xiē zhuān jiā jīng yàn , ér bú shì shè fǎ chóng xīn chuàng jiàn yī gè shì yǒu dào lǐ de 。
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When he was at college, his class was asked to invent a new game that could be played indoors during the long winters.
当他在大学时，他的班级被要求发明一种在漫长冬季可以在市内玩的游戏。
dāng tā zài dà xué shí , tā de bān jí bèi yāo qiú fā míng yī zhǒng zài màn cháng dōng jì kě yǐ zài shì nèi wán de yóu xì 。
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Dr Fuller and his colleagues didn't invent this idea: conservationists have been talking about such schemes for a few years, at least.
富勒博士和他的同事并没有发明这个创意：环境保护者们至少已经就这个主题讨论好几年了。
fù lè bó shì hé tā de tóng shì bìng méi yǒu fā míng zhè ge chuàng yì : huán jìng bǎo hù zhě men zhì shǎo yǐ jīng jiù zhè ge zhǔ tí tǎo lùn hǎo jǐ nián le 。
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4.
"If there had been no Bagration, somebody would have to invent him, " said the wit, Shinshin, parodying the words of Voltaire .
“如果没有巴格拉季蓊，那就应当把他虚构出来。”诙谐的申申滑稽地模仿伏尔泰的话说。
" rú guǒ méi yǒu bā gé lā jì wěng , nà jiù yīng dāng bǎ tā xū gòu chū lái 。 " huī xié de shēn shēn huá jī de mó fǎng fú ěr tài de huà shuō 。
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The greatest punishment we could invent for her was to keep her separate from him: yet she got chided more than any of us on his account.
我们能施于她最大的惩罚莫过于把她和他分开，因为他的原因，她挨的骂比我们都多。
wǒ men néng shī yú tā zuì dà de chéng fá mò guò yú bǎ tā hé tā fēn kāi , yīn wèi tā de yuán yīn , tā ái de mà bǐ wǒ men dōu duō 。
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"If I could only invent something that would make me invisible, " he said.
他说：“只要我能发明一样能使我隐形的东西就可以了。”
tā shuō : " zhǐ yào wǒ néng fā míng yí yàng néng shǐ wǒ yǐn xíng de dōng xi jiù kě yǐ le 。 "
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We all realize that as we age we want to re-invent ourselves, but Leslie Siegel says Gwyneth Paltrow took it a little bit too far.
我们都知道，由于我们的年龄要重新发明自己，但莱斯利格尔说，格温妮帕特洛了，它有点过分。
wǒ men dōu zhī dào , yóu yú wǒ men de nián líng yào chóng xīn fā míng zì jǐ , dàn lái sī lì gé ěr shuō , gé wēn nī pà tè luò le , tā yǒu diǎn guò fèn 。
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After writing down a few different options (and quite a bit of chatter), we settled on "Invent a new kind of vacation at home. "
写下一些选择（以及经过喋喋不休的讨论）后，我们决定”在家里发明一种新型度假“。
xiě xià yì xiē xuǎn zé ( yǐ jí jīng guò dié dié bù xiū de tǎo lùn ) hòu , wǒ men jué dìng " zài jiā lǐ fā míng yī zhǒng xīn xíng dù jià " 。
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He might have the ability to invent a brilliant piece of engineering that would save us a lot of money.
他或许完全有能力搞出一个非常好的新装置，使我们节约好多钱。
tā huò xǔ wán quán yǒu néng lì gǎo chū yī gè fēi cháng hǎo de xīn zhuāng zhì , shǐ wǒ men jié yuē hǎo duō qián 。
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Some people will just sit there blinking, as if I've asked them to explain why they didn't invent spaghetti.
有些人只是坐在那里眨眼睛，仿佛我在叫他们解释为什么他们没能发明出意大利面条。
yǒu xiē rén zhǐ shì zuò zài nà li zhǎ yǎn jīng , fǎng fú wǒ zài jiào tā men jiě shì wèi shén me tā men méi néng fā míng chū yì dà lì miàn tiáo 。
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