invention

英 [ɪnˈvenʃn]

美 [ɪnˈvenʃn]

n. 发明; 创意; 创造; 虚构; 编造; 虚构的故事

复数：inventions　

Oxford 3000 / Collins.2 / BNC.4752 / COCA.4773

习惯用语

necessity is the mother of invention

N-COUNT 发明物;创造的事物
Aninventionis a machine, device, or system that has been invented by someone.
1. It's been a tricky business marketing his new invention...
  推广他的新发明一直是件棘手的事情。
2. The spinning wheel was a Chinese invention.
  纺车是中国人的发明。
N-UNCOUNT 发明;创造
Inventionis the act of inventing something that has never been made or used before.
1. More than eight million books were printed within fifty years after the invention of the printing press.
  印刷机发明以后的 50 年间,有 800 多万册图书被印刷。
2. ...the invention of the telephone.
  电话的发明
N-VAR 捏造;虚构
If you refer to someone's account of something as aninvention, you think that it is untrue and that they have made it up.
1. In these and several other respects, there are many inventions and exaggerations...
  在这些方面和其他几个方面都存在许多捏造与夸张之处。
2. The story was certainly a favourite one, but it was undoubtedly pure invention.
  这个故事当然特别受欢迎,但它无疑纯属虚构。
N-UNCOUNT 发明才能;创造能力
Inventionis the ability to invent things or to have clever and original ideas.
1. ...his great powers of invention.
  他出色的创造才能

noun

the act of inventing
a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation
Synonym:innovation
the creation of something in the mind
Synonym:innovationexcogitationconceptiondesign

The spinning wheel was a Chinese invention.
纺车是中国人的发明。
The story was certainly a favourite one, but it was undoubtedly pure invention.
这个故事当然特别受欢迎，但它无疑纯属虚构。
She was given no credit for her invention.
她的发明未得到赞扬。
They attributed the success of their invention to Engineer Huang.
他们把发明的成功归于黄工程师。
It's been a tricky business marketing his new invention
推广他的新发明一直是件棘手的事情。
They credit the invention to her.
他们将这一发明归功于她。
The invention has been patented by the university.
那项发明已被那所大学申请了专利。
This new invention won the highest award.
这项新发明获得最高奖。
The problem was not solved completely until the invention of the marine chronometer in the eighteenth century.
这个问题之道十八世纪发明了航海经线仪才得以解决。
This invention is ascribed to edison.
这项发明被认为是属于爱迪生的。