invent
verb OPAL S
/ɪnˈvent/
/ɪnˈvent/
动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they invent | /ɪnˈvent/ /ɪnˈvent/ |
| he / she / it invents | /ɪnˈvents/ /ɪnˈvents/ |
| past simple invented | /ɪnˈventɪd/ /ɪnˈventɪd/ |
| past participle invented | /ɪnˈventɪd/ /ɪnˈventɪd/ |
| -ing form inventing | /ɪnˈventɪŋ/ /ɪnˈventɪŋ/ |
- invent something to produce or design something that has not existed before
发明；创造 - Who invented the steam engine?
谁发明了蒸汽机？ - I wish mobile phones had never been invented!
要是手机没被发明就好了！ - The term ‘sociology’ was invented by Auguste Comte.
sociology（社会学）这个词是奥古斯特•孔德创造出来的。
- He practically invented the modern stand-up comedy act.
他实际上发明了现代单口喜剧的表演方式。 - Louis Braille invented an alphabet to help blind people.
为了帮助盲人读书，路易•布拉耶发明了一种盲文。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- practically
- virtually
- single-handedly
- …
- newly invented
- Who invented the steam engine?
- invent something to say or describe something that is not true, especially in order to trick people
编造；捏造；虚构 - 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。
Topics Personal qualitiesb1- He considered inventing some pretext for calling her.
他考虑编个借口给她打电话。 - I did not have to invent any tales about my past.
关于我的过去我不必编造任何故事。
- What excuse did he invent this time?
词源late 15th cent. (in the sense ‘find out, discover’): from Latin invent- ‘contrived, discovered’, from the verb invenire, from in- ‘into’ + venire ‘come’.