invention
n
1 [U]
(a) action of inventing 发明; 创造; 虚构; 捏造
the invention of radio by Marconi 马可尼对无线电的发明
a story of one's own invention, ie invented by oneself 自己杜撰的故事.
(b) capacity for inventing 发明或创造的才能; 虚构或捏造的能力.
(c) (euph 婉) making up of untrue or unreal things; lying 虚构; 捏造; 造假; 撒谎
I'm afraid he is guilty of a good deal of invention. 我看他撒了很多谎.
2 [C] thing that is invented 发明物
the scientific inventions of the 20th century 20世纪的科技发明.
3 (idm 习语) necessity is the mother of invention => necessity.
🎯 考研助记
已完成(谐音):计算机的最新 发明已经完成
🔁 扩展释义
*[in'venʃәn]n. 发明, 创作能力, 虚构的故事【经】 发明
🏥 医学释义
发明,创造
🌿 同词根单词
proceedsn. (买卖等的)收入,收益;
v. 进行( proceed的第三人称单数 );前进;(沿特定路线)行进;(尤指打断后)继续说;
I think that really answers your questions, Marilyn.
我觉得这确实解决了你的问题, Marilyn。
As the touchstone tries gold,so gold tries man.
试金之石可试金,正如黄金能试人。
Considering how recent these developments are, it is even more remarkable that as long ago as the 1960s, an Englishman, Leon Bagrit, was able to predict some of the uses of computers which we know today.