Invent
[ɪn'vent] or [ɪn'vɛnt]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort; 'excogitate a way to measure the speed of light'.
編輯:雷金纳德--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To come or light upon; to meet; to find.
(v. t.) To discover, as by study or inquiry; to find out; to devise; to contrive or produce for the first time; -- applied commonly to the discovery of some serviceable mode, instrument, or machine.
(v. t.) To frame by the imagination; to fabricate mentally; to forge; -- in a good or a bad sense; as, to invent the machinery of a poem; to invent a falsehood.
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同義詞及近義詞：
v. a. [1]. Contrive (what did not before exist), devise, be the first to contrive or devise.[2]. Originate, frame, imagine, conceive, concoct.[3]. Fabricate, forge, coin.
編輯:米考伯
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Discover, contrive, concoct, imagine, elaborate, conceive, design, devise,fabricate, originate, find_out, frame, forge, feign
ANT:Imitate, copy, execute, reproduce
丹尼尔編輯
解釋/意思:
v.t. to devise or contrive: to make: to frame: to fabricate: to forge.—adj. Inven′tible.—n. Inven′tion that which is invented: contrivance: a deceit: power or faculty of inventing: ability displayed by any invention or effort of the imagination.—adj. Inven′tive able to invent: ready in contrivance.—adv. Inven′tively.—ns. Inven′tiveness; Inven′tor Inven′ter one who invents or finds out something new:—fem. Inven′tress.—Invention of the Cross a festival observed on May 3 in commemoration of the alleged discovery of the true cross at Jerusalem in 326 by Helena mother of Constantine the Great.
錄入:洛伦佐
例句/造句/用法:
- But instead of narrowing the scope of politics, to avoid it, the only sensible thing to do is to invent methods which will allow needs and problems and group interests avenues into politics. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- The influence of analogy led him to invent 'parallels and conjugates' and to overlook facts. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- However, private individuals and companies continued to invent and improve, and the civil war in America revolutionised the systems of warfare and its weapons. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- That is just like the extraordinary things that foreigners invent about us. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- I was able to invent names for my parents, whom I pretended to be obscure people in the province of Gelderland. 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
- Cannot you invent a few hardships for yourself, and be contented to stay? 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- He'd invent that, I'll be bound; let a nigger alone for that, any time. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- Of the numerous other telegraph instruments that have been invented since 1837, that of Mr. Morse is in most general use, especially on the Continent and in America. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- The list would be too long to simply name all the ingenious machines there exhibited and subsequently invented for every important operation. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- Jethro Tull in England shortly after invented and introduced a combined system of drilling, ploughing and cultivating. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- If there had been any system left to be invented they would have found it out at the universities long before this time. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- He had invented, he informed us, a new mixture to moisten paint with, which he described as a vehicle. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- Poririer, a Frenchman, invented a machine for making match boxes of pasteboard. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- Among the earliest fire-arms of this period one was invented which was a breech-loader and revolver. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- It was during this period of inventing a system that so much systematic and continuous work with good results was done by Edison in the design and perfection of dynamos. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Though the honor of inventing the art of wireless telegraphy is generally ascribed to Marconi, this is to give him more credit than he deserves. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Our first engine compelled the inventing and making of a suitable engine indicator to indicate it--the Tabor. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- It has always been one of the characteristic features of Edison's method of inventing that work in several lines has gone forward at the same time. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- What business had his slave to be marching round the country, inventing machines, and holding up his head among gentlemen? 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- This came to be known as the Geordie Lamp, to distinguish it from the Davy Lamp that Sir Humphrey Davy was inventing at about the same time. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- More heads are occupied in inventing the most proper machinery for executing the work of each, and it is, therefore, more likely to be invented. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Invents Embossed Metal Address Plate. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Sturgeon invents prototype of Electro Magnet. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Laennec discovers Auscultation and invents Stethoscope. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Crusell of St. Petersburgh invents Electric Cautery. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- He is desirous of proclaiming that the interval between them is immeasurable, and invents a formula to give expression to his idea. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- Professor Henry invents the Spool Electro Magnet. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Edison invents Carbon Filament for Incandescent Electric Lamp. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
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