invent

英 [ɪn'vent] 美[ɪn'vɛnt]

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近义词originate devise contrive up develop concoct make

反义词

vt. 发明；创造；虚构

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中文词源

invent 发明，创造

in-,进入，使，-vent,来，来到，词源同advent,venture.即来到，到达，引申词义找到，发现，后来进一步指发明，创造。

词态变化

第三人称单数: invents;过去式: invented;过去分词: invented;现在分词: inventing;

英文词源

invent: invent: [15] Invent originally meant ‘find’ (‘Since that Eve was procreated out of Adam’s side, could not such newels [novelties] in this land be invented’, wrote the anonymous author of a 15th-century song). It was based on invent-, the past participial stem of Latin invenīre ‘come upon, find’, a compound verb formed from the prefix in- ‘on’ and venīre ‘come’.

The sense ‘devise’, which developed via ‘discover’, actually existed in the Latin verb, but English did not take it on board until the 16th century. The derivative inventory [16] was borrowed from medieval Latin inventōrium ‘list’, an alteration of late Latin inventārium, which originally meant a ‘finding out’, hence an ‘enumeration’.
=> adventure, inventory
invent (v.): late 15c., "find, discover," a back-formation from invention or else from Latin inventus, past participle of invenire âto come upon; devise, discoverâ (see invention). Meaning "make up, think up" is from 1530s, as is that of "produce by original thought." Related: Invented; inventing.

双语例句

1. His father had helped invent a whole new way of doing business.: 他父亲帮助创造了一套全新的生意经。

2. We have to invent a new method for sneaking prisoners out without being noticed by the guards.: 我们必须想出新的办法使囚犯们偷偷溜出去而不被看守发现.

3. I stood still, trying to invent a plausible excuse.: 我站着不动，试图编个说得过去的借口。

4. Soon designers began to invent new idioms expressly for the toolbar.: 不久,设计者开始为工具栏发明新的习惯用法.

5. He can always invent a new game to divert the children.: 他总能想出新的游戏来供孩子们娱乐.

英英释意

1. come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or priciple) after a mental effort;: "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light"

2. make up something artificial or untrue

考试真题

Snow White is available for everyone to use, but the dwarfs are still under copyright, so Cornetti invented sound-alike characters ( ' , Grumpy Gus, Dopey Dan) to illustrate specific pay roll law principles.

Although frozen dinners were invented in the '40s, their popularity didn't boom until televisions became popular a decade or so later.

Decades ago, Kodak anticipated that digital photography would overtake film — and in fact, Kodak invented the first digital camera in 1975 — but in a fateful decision, the company chose to shelf its new discovery to focus on its traditional film business.

He invented lots of functional gadgets.

Ben Franklin,one of America's founding fathers, didn't just invent the lightning rod.

Designer sportswear was not modeled on that of Europe, as modern art would later be; it was genuinely invented and developed in America.

The incandescent light bulb, invented by Thomas Edison, which came to be the symbol of inspiration, has been developed into hundreds, if not thousands, of forms.

Writing was only invented 5,500 years ago.

We can invent computers capable of processing ten million calculations per second.

It was invented by a group of language experts in the year of 1887.

Instead of trying to refine old formulas, they invent new ones.

In 105 AD, paper was invented in China.

In the 1950s in the usa, most families had just one phone at home, and wireless phones hadn't been invented yet.

Instead, he invented a reading system of raised dots点, which opened up a whole new world of knowledge to the blind.

The jobs of the future have not yet been invented.

We have yet to invent a firewall that is secure against ordinary humans, let alone super intelligent machines.

When one of these noneconomic categories is threatened and, if we happen to love it, we invent excuses to give it economic importance.

The best uses of 3D printers and virtual reality haven't been invented yet.

The U.needs the new companies that will invent them.

And one of the easiest ways to segment a market is to magnify gender differences – or invent them where they did not previously exist.

实用场景例句

Who invented the steam engine?: 谁发明了蒸汽机？

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。

He invented the first electric clock...: 他发明了第一个电动机械钟。

Writing had not been invented as yet.: 书写体系当时还没有创造出来。

I stood still, trying to invent a plausible excuse.: 我站着不动,试图编个说得过去的借口。

This kind of machine is invent in the 1970's.: 这种机器是七十年代发明的.

Efforts to invent new ways to bring together Chinese money and Hong Kong stocks continue.: 有关方面仍在继续努力推出将大陆资金引入香港股市的措施.

Feel free to invent a nickname for your Student if you like.: 如果你喜欢,可以随意给你的学生起一个绰号.

What festivals of atonement, what sacred games shall we have to invent?: 我们该发明什么赎罪的庆典, 什么神圣的把戏?

Here, we have a short cut, where we don't have to invent new antibiotics.: 在这里, 我们有一条捷径, 我们不需要发明抗生菌.

Then I began to invent graphic stories without dialogue.: 以后,我又想出画不带对话的图画故事.

What explanation can we invent?: 我们能想出(编造出)什么解释呢 ?

Like a lot of Web innovators, the Obama campaign did not invent anything completely new.: 就像很多网络革新者一样, 奥巴马阵营没有发明任何全新的东西.

Will people invent new types of transportation?: 人们将会发明新型的交通工具吗 ?

They invent tools and machines to help them in their work.: 他们发明机器来帮助自己工作.

I invent the story about the man on my way home.: 在回家的路上,我虚构了有关那个人的故事.

He is a knowing fellow, and he will invent something to comfort her.: 他是个老于世故的人, 会想出办法来安慰她的.

The success of an economy depends on its ability to invent and embrace new protocols.: 经济的成功依赖于其发明和采用新协议的能力.

Do you know who invent magnetic needle?: 你知道指南针是谁发明的吗 ?

Her lips so big, Chap Stick had to invent a spray.: 她嘴唇这么大, 抹冻疮膏必须发明喷射装置.

What had led Galois to invent this theory?: 是什么导致伽罗瓦发明这条理论?

He can always invent a new game to divert the children.: 他总能想出新的游戏来供孩子们娱乐.

Regulators may also have to invent new tools or revive ones that have fallen into disuse.: 此外,监管机构还必须发明新的工具,或重新捡起那些弃用的工具.

The government has to invent projects that will employ the least skilled.: 政府不得不搞出一些再就业工程来雇用技能最差的劳工.

I have a plan! Is must invent a new robot.: 我有一个打算! 就是要发明一个新的机器人.

Japan is the last country to invent radar, but England.: 发明雷达的国家决不是日本, 而是英国.

And the best way to predict the future is to invent it.: 然而,预见未来的最好方法就是创造未来.

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