invention
[in'venʃən]
n.发明, 虚构, 发明物
例句与用法：
The invention of modern xerography has made our work much easier.
现代复印术的发明让我们的工作轻松多了。
The invention of aircraft caused a revolution in our ways of travelling.
飞机的发明引起了旅行方式的巨大改变。
The invention of the computer marked the beginning of a new era.
计算机的发明标志着一个新时代的开始。
Your invention is not practical.
你的发明不实用。
Mass literacy was only possible after the invention of printing.
发明了印刷术后文化教育才得以普及。
He got a patent for this invention.
他获得了这项发明的专利权。
Necessity is the mother of invention.
需要是发明之母。
词形变化：
形容词: inventional |
详细释义：
n.
1. 发明, 创造[U]
No one person can take credit for the invention of writing.
没有一个人可以说是他单独发明了写字。
2. 发明物, 创作品[C]
The machine was his own invention.
这台机器是他自己发明的。
3. 创造力, 发明才能[U]
An author must have invention to think up new ideas for stories.
作家必须具有为故事构思新意的创造力。
4. 捏造, 虚构[C][U]
That rumor was the old gossip's own invention.
那个谣言是那个爱说闲话的老家伙自己编出来的。