Invent
[ ɪn'vɛnt ]
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vt. 发明，创造;虚构;
💡 词根助记
in(upon)+vent(come)→发明；虚构
📝 例句
We must invent an excuse for being late.
我们必须编一个迟到的借口。
Don't ask George what his excuse is, he can invent any number.
别问乔治的理由是什么，他可以虚构很多借口。
People who could invent a new human being were people not to be crossed.
那帮能够制造出具有假身份证的新人的家伙不好惹。
He had to invent himself almost completely.
他不得不自我塑造，简直是从头干起。
What explanation can we invent?
我们能想出（编造出）什么解释呢？
🌱 联想助记
【串】发明(invent)炸药是为了开矿,但动无法防止(prevent)它用于战争事件(event)
【记】※ in-在…里面,vent-通风孔:在屋里发明了通风孔
※ in-在…里面,v-罗马数字“5”,nt-拼音“农田”:在5只鹅的农田里做创造发明
※ in-在…里面,vent-孔、给开孔:在灯泡里面开个孔,就产生了前所未有的发明→带孔的灯泡
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
🔤 词根
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📖 牛津释义
invent
v[Tn]
1 make or design (sth that did not exist before); create by thought 发明; 创造
Laszlo Biro invented the ball-point pen. 拉斯洛?拜罗发明了圆珠笔. Cf 参看 discover 1.
2 (often derog 常作贬义) make up or think of (esp sth that does not exist or is not true) 虚构; 捏造; 胡编
Use an invented name, such as Anytown, not a real one. 瞎编个名字吧, 比方叫｀A城＇吧, 别用真名.
Can't you invent a better excuse than that? 你就不能编造一个高明些的藉口吗?
🎯 考研助记
在头脑里（in）出来（vent-went）了灵感- 发明 “硬问的”（谐音），勤学好问，很多 发明硬是问出来的 网友：yqy补充： in进入，vent走：走到里面去了－－研究进去了－－发明；in里面，vent走出：从里面走出来－发明；invert-invent：发明往往是反向的、颠倒思维 网友：yqy补充： invent-invert-invest
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They robbed me blind.
他们把我抢空了。
That street is only two miles long.
那条街仅仅是2英里长的。
Which may keep company with the vessel for an hour without visible or more than occasional movement of wing.
它们随船飞行一小时也难得见其扇动一下翅膀。