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

They attributed the success of their invention to Engineer Huang.
他们把发明的成功归于黄工程师。
He got a patent for this invention.
他获得了这项发明的专利权。
The problem was not solved completely until the invention of the marine chronometer in the eighteenth century.
这个问题之道十八世纪发明了航海经线仪才得以解决。
Necessity is the mother of invention.
需要乃发明之母。
The invention of printing helped the diffusion of learning.
印刷术的发明有助于知识的传播。
She was given no credit for her invention.
她的发明未得到赞扬。
The invention has been patented by the university.
那项发明已被那所大学申请了专利。
You can't fault them for lack of invention
你不能因为他们缺乏创新就指责他们。
A new age dawned with the invention of the radio.
随着无线电的发明，一个新时代开始了。
The spinning wheel was a Chinese invention.
纺车是中国人的发明。