invent
英 [ɪnˈvent]
美 [ɪnˈvent]
v. 发明; 创造; 编造; 捏造; 虚构
过去分词：invented 过去式：invented 现在分词：inventing 第三人称单数：invents
Oxford 3000 / Collins.2 / BNC.3639 / COCA.3398
同义词辨析
inventv. 发明，创造
〔辨析〕
指通过研究、思考等制造出前所未有之物，多用于科技领域。
〔例证〕
Who invented the printer?
谁发明了打印机？
He didn't know when the telephone was invented.
他不知道电话是什么时候发明的。
谁发明了打印机？
He didn't know when the telephone was invented.
他不知道电话是什么时候发明的。
createv. 创造，创建
〔辨析〕
指创造出以前并不存在的新事物。
〔例证〕
The government planned to create more than 200 new jobs.
政府计划创造二百多个新的就业机会。
He created a new kind of game.
他发明了一种新游戏。
政府计划创造二百多个新的就业机会。
He created a new kind of game.
他发明了一种新游戏。
devisev. 设计，发明
〔辨析〕
指想出做某事的新方法。
〔例证〕
He devised a method to ease the traffic jams in the city.
他发明出一种缓解该市交通拥堵的方法。
他发明出一种缓解该市交通拥堵的方法。
牛津词典
verb
- 发明；创造
to produce or design sth that has not existed before- Who invented the steam engine?
谁发明了蒸汽机？
- Who invented the steam engine?
- 编造；捏造；虚构
to say or describe sth that is not true, especially in order to trick people- 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。
- What excuse did he invent this time?
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.- 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。
- He invented the first electric clock...
- 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.- 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。
- I stood still, trying to invent a plausible excuse.
英英释义
verb
- come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort
- excogitate a way to measure the speed of light
- make up something artificial or untrue