Invention
[ ɪn'vɛnʃən ]
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n. 发明;发明物;捏造：内心捏造的东西，特指谎言;发明才能;
💡 词根助记
invent发明，创造+ion名词后缀 → 发明，创造，捏造
📝 例句
The compass is the invention that China is started in the origin.
指南针是源出于中国的发明。
That rumor was the old gossip's own invention.
那个谣言是那个爱说闲话的老家伙自己编出来的。
A patent right is an exclusive right to an invention.
专利权就是发明的专有权。
His invention brought him glory.
他的发明给他带来了荣誉。
The machine was his own invention.
这台机器是他自己发明的。
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📖 牛津释义
invention
n
1 [U]
(a) action of inventing 发明; 创造; 虚构; 捏造
the invention of radio by Marconi 马可尼对无线电的发明
a story of one's own invention, ie invented by oneself 自己杜撰的故事.
(b) capacity for inventing 发明或创造的才能; 虚构或捏造的能力.
(c) (euph 婉) making up of untrue or unreal things; lying 虚构; 捏造; 造假; 撒谎
I'm afraid he is guilty of a good deal of invention. 我看他撒了很多谎.
2 [C] thing that is invented 发明物
the scientific inventions of the 20th century 20世纪的科技发明.
3 (idm 习语) necessity is the mother of invention => necessity.
🎯 考研助记
已完成（谐音）：计算机的最新 发明已经完成
🔁 扩展释义
*[in'venʃәn]n. 发明, 创作能力, 虚构的故事【经】 发明
🏥 医学释义
发明，创造
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Um...Alexandra, let me introduce you.
噢……Alexandra 让我来介绍一下。
Thank you but this is something I have to decide alone.
但有些事情我必须自己作决定。
I can't help it.
我没办法。