inventing

英 [ɪnˈventɪŋ]

美 [ɪnˈventɪŋ]

v.  发明; 创造; 编造; 捏造; 虚构
invent的现在分词

COCA.42909

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.
  1. He invented the first electric clock...
     他发明了第一个电动机械钟。
  2. Writing had not been invented as yet.
     书写体系当时还没有创造出来。
• 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.
  1. 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。

双语例句

• Another benefit is that the money he earns can support Lin in inventing new things.
  还有一个好处是，有了资金支持，林海就可以研究新发明了。
• I can't imagine how one ever goes about inventing a tune.
  我无法想象一个人居然可以想出一个调子来。
• Inventing an illusory problem can only distract from the important job of addressing the real ones.
  提出虚幻的问题，只能分散对解决真正问题这一重要工作的注意力。
• Instead of inventing new devices, he has found ways to combine existing technologies so they work more efficiently.
  他并非发明了新的装置，而是将已有的技术有机地结合起来，他发现这样会让这些技术更有效率。
• Children with imaginary friends have a lot of practice at inventing interactions between their imaginary friends and themselves.
  基德博士指出：「儿童有了幻想的朋友，在自己与朋友虚构的互动过程中，增加了很多练习的机会。
• But I also need to keep inventing new skills to stay ahead of the pack.
  但是我也需要不断发明新技巧以保持领先。
• Whenever you find yourself inventing a complex algorithm you are probably on the wrong track.
  无论何时，你发现自己发明了一个复杂的算法，你很可能走在了错误的轨道上。
• By inventing the telephone, he opened the age of telecommunications and shrank the world.
  发明了电话，他开的年龄缩水电信和世界。
• Crusoe spent his time as a castaway building and inventing.
  克鲁索过着不断建造和发明的漂流者的生活。
• But some that supply parts to their branded competitors aspire to inventing the next breakthrough device.
  但有些向品牌竞争者供应零部件的制造商，渴望发明下一个开创性产品。