invention
英 [ɪn'venʃ(ə)n]
美[ɪn'vɛnʃən]
- n. 发明；发明物；虚构；发明才能
词态变化
复数: inventions;
中文词源
invention 发明，创造
来自invent,发明，创造。
英英释意
- 1. the creation of something in the mind
- 2. a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation
- 3. the act of inventing
英文词源
- invention (n.)
- c. 1400, "devised method of organization," from Old French invencion (13c.) and directly from Latin inventionem (nominative inventio) "faculty of invention; a finding, discovery," noun of action from past participle stem of invenire "devise, discover, find," from in- "in, on" (see in- (2)) + venire "to come" (see venue).
Meaning "finding or discovering of something" is early 15c. in English; sense of "thing invented" is first recorded 1510s. Etymological sense preserved in Invention of the Cross, Church festival (May 3) celebrating the reputed finding of the Cross of the Crucifixion by Helena, mother of Constantine, in 326 C.E.
考试真题
- But later on, it led to the invention of the lightning rod.
出自-2015年12月听力原文
- Why does the author mention Kodak's invention of the first digital camera?
出自-2013年6月阅读原文
- Their invention is a small biological circuit they call E-Kaia.
2016年12月四级真题（第二套）听力
- E) The application essay, along with its mythical importance, is a recent invention.
出自-2013年12月阅读原文
- imagination is the mother of invention
出自-2013年12月阅读原文
- Smith touches on construction methods, the revolutionary invention of the automatic lift, the practicalities of living in the sky and the likelihood that, as cities become more crowded, apartment living will become the norm.
出自-2013年6月阅读原文
- He patented his first invention.
出自-2013年12月听力原文
- In his lifetime, Hutton patented 244 inventions.
出自-2013年12月听力原文
- He becomes an inventor and sells his inventions in order to attend the university.
出自-2013年6月听力原文
- Capitalism turned printing from an invention into an industry.
2017年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section B
- Farmers have a long history of invention and is no different today.
2019年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section B
- By the time she was 13, her company was worth millions of dollars with the invention of a super-sweet treat that could save kids' teeth, instead of destroying them.
2019年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文
- The little problems that we meet in our daily lives may be inspirations for great inventions.
2017年高考英语北京卷 单项填空 原文
- Some attributed virtually every important cultural achievement to the inventions of a few, especially gifted peoples that, according to diffusionists, then spread to other cultures.
出自-2009年考研阅读原文
- Other anthropologists believed that cultural innovations, such as inventions, had a single origin and passed from society to society.
出自-2009年考研阅读原文
- Mental health is the source of creativity for solving problems, resolving conflict, making our surroundings more beautiful,managing our home life, or coming up with a creative business idea or invention to make our lives easier.
出自-2016年考研翻译原文
- Even before the invention of the electric light bulb, the author produced a remarkable work of speculative fiction that would foreshadow many ethical questions to be raised by technologies yet to come.
2019年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ
实用场景例句
- Fax machines were a wonderful invention at the time.
- 传真机在当时是一项了不起的发明。
牛津词典
- Such changes have not been seen since the invention of the printing press.
- 自从发明了印刷机，这种变革还没有出现过。
牛津词典
- This story is apparently a complete invention.
- 这个故事显然完全是虚构的。
牛津词典
- John was full of invention─always making up new dance steps and sequences.
- 约翰有丰富的创造力——总能编出新的舞步和连续舞步。
牛津词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The spinning wheel was a Chinese invention.
- 纺车是中国人的发明。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...the invention of the telephone.
- 电话的发明
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...his great powers of invention.
- 他出色的创造才能
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- This safety invention will eject the pilot from a burning plane.
- 这个安全装置会把飞行员从燃烧着的飞机中弹出.
《简明英汉词典》
- Your invention is clever, but not practical.
- 你的发明很巧, 但不实用.
《简明英汉词典》
- It's a most useful invention.
- 这是一项极其有用的发明.
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- He is credited with the invention.
- 那发明该归功于他.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- They demonstrated the new invention to us.
- 他们向我们演示了他们的新发明.
《简明英汉词典》
- The invention of the compass was referred to China.
- 指南针是中国发明的.
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- This invention is ascribed to Edison.
- 这项发明被认为是属于爱迪生的.
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- This new invention has an enormous sales potential.
- 这项新发明有巨大的销售潜力.
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- They attributed the success of their invention to Engineer Huang.
- 他们把发明的成功归于黄工程师.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- That invention won him a medal.
- 那项发明为他赢得了一枚奖章.
《简明英汉词典》
- The whole story is a pure invention.
- 这一切纯粹是捏造.
《简明英汉词典》
- Tell us how you lit upon the idea for your invention.
- 请告诉我们,你是怎么想到你那个发明的.
《简明英汉词典》
- Necessity is the mother of invention.
- [谚]需要是发明之母.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- Come along, someone must want to know my invention.
- 再努力想想看, 肯定会有人对我的发明感兴趣.
《简明英汉词典》
- A new age dawned with the invention of the radio.
- 随着无线电的发明,一个新时代开始了.
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