inventing

英 [ɪnˈventɪŋ]

美 [ɪnˈventɪŋ]

v.  发明; 创造; 编造; 捏造; 虚构
invent的现在分词

COCA.42909

柯林斯词典

• VERB 发明;创造;首创
  If youinventsomething such as a machine or process, you are the first person to think of it or make it.
  1. He invented the first electric clock...
     他发明了第一个电动机械钟。
  2. Writing had not been invented as yet.
     书写体系当时还没有创造出来。
• VERB 编造;捏造;虚构
  If youinventa story or excuse, you try to make other people believe that it is true when in fact it is not.
  1. 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。

双语例句

• Well, we already did, by inventing the games and sports.
  没问题，我们已经参与了，是通过发明运动项目来参与的。
• Don't you think it's time to give up this inventing thing, get a real job?
  难道你不觉得应该放弃所谓的发明，而是去找个真正的工作吗？
• Too many folks I talk to end up inventing their own approach to persistence.
  我接触过的许多人都没有创造自己的持久性方法。
• Crusoe spent his time as a castaway building and inventing.
  克鲁索过着不断建造和发明的漂流者的生活。
• Known for his swiftness and athleticism, Hermes was given credit for inventing foot-racing and boxing.
  赫密士以速度和运动闻名，他又发明了竞走鞋和拳击。
• V.everyday and it seems as if they are constantly inventing new tricks and improving their skills.
  日常及它看起来好像他们不断发明新花样，提升他们的技能。
• The scientists are still working on inventing new methods of reaching outer space.
  科学家仍在研究发明到达外层空间的新方法。
• In 1943 Jacques Cousteau and his friend made it possible by inventing the scuba machine.
  1943年，雅克·库斯托和他的朋友发明了水下呼吸器，才使潜水成为可能。
• He succeeded in inventing the telephone by hard efforts.
  他以艰苦的努力成功地发明了电话。
• Instead of inventing new devices, he has found ways to combine existing technologies so they work more efficiently.
  他并非发明了新的装置，而是将已有的技术有机地结合起来，他发现这样会让这些技术更有效率。