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

This invention is ascribed to edison.
这项发明被认为是属于爱迪生的。
We accredit the invention of the electric light bulb to edison.
我们把电灯的发明归功于爱迪生。
They are now holding their fortnightly meetings at The New Invention Victory Club.
他们现在正在新发明胜利俱乐部开两周一次的例会。
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。
The spinning wheel was a Chinese invention.
纺车是中国人的发明。
His own books and memoirs are a farrago of half-truth and outright invention.
他自己的那些书和回忆录都是掺杂着半真半假的叙述和彻头彻尾的编造的大杂烩。
They generalized the use of a new invention.
他们推广一项新发明的应用。
The invention of printing helped the diffusion of learning.
印刷术的发明有助于知识的传播。
It's a most useful invention.
这是一项极其有用的发明。
They demonstrated the new invention to us.
他们向我们演示了他们的新发明。