单词详解

n.

A. 发明，创造 (the creation of sth. in the mind)

Where there is necessity, there is invention. 需要是发明之母。

B. 发明物 (a creation / a new device or process resulting from study and experimentation)

This is a most useful invention. 这是一项极其有用的发明。

C. 捏造，虚构 (make up something artificial or untrue )

Your whole story is a pure invention. 你的话纯粹是捏造。

相关词组

1. patented invention 专利发明

Our company had many new patented inventions. 我们公司得到了许多新的专利发明。

2. patent of invention 发明专利

That young inventor quickly applied for a patent of invention.

年轻的发明家很快申请了发明的专利权。

相关单词

复数：inventions

同义词：fiction, contrivance