invents

英 [ɪnˈvents]

美 [ɪnˈvents]

v.  发明; 创造; 编造; 捏造; 虚构
invent的第三人称单数

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

• If you get simple beauty and nought else you get about the best things Got invents.
  如果你拥有纯真的美，你就拥有了上帝创造的最好的东西。
• Many large companies in various industries and major universities have welcomed the America Invents Act.
  各个行业的许多大公司和各大高校对《美国发明法》表示欢迎。
• She invents fantasy lives for her own vicarious pleasure
  她幻想过着各种奇妙的生活，从想入非非中获得乐趣。
• You know that invents from the bartender the coffee of Ireland, go to the girl order the coffee of Ireland, passes by how long?
  你知道从酒保发明爱尔兰咖啡，到女孩点爱尔兰咖啡，经过了多久？
• It walks, talks, thinks, and invents.
  它会走路、讲话、思考、和发明。
• With Barack Obama supportive, this means the America Invents Act could soon be signed into law.
  在奥巴马的支持下，美国专利发明保护法案即将签署通过，并入法律。
• A person who tells or invents fables.
  寓言的讲述者或创造者。
• His loom, by the way, is now manufactured in China, which makes a lot of things but invents very few.
  顺便说一下，他的彩虹织机目前在中国制造。中国可以制造很多东西，但发明的东西非常少。
• John Ambrose Fleming invents the vacuum tube.
  1904年的今天，约翰·安布鲁斯·弗莱明发明了真空管。
• Nor do we approve of it if someone invents for himself a meaning which conflicts with all antiquity, and for which there are clearly no testimonies of the church.
  我们也不赞同此事，即有人自以为发明了一种意义，而此意义是与过去所有古老教义相矛盾的，而且显然过去的教会也没有如此的见证。