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

• SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: You might be wondering how Mister Webre invents the many dances in the ballet.
  雪丽·葛里菲兹：你大概想知道韦布尔先生是如何创造芭蕾舞中的很多舞蹈动作的吧。
• Thomas Edison invents multiplex telegraphy.
  托马斯.爱迪生发明多路复用电报。
• Columbia Invents Fake Movie Critic
  哥伦比亚电影公司虚构假影评人
• 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。
• I am just the guy that uses the software, not the guy who invents it.
  我只是使用这个软件的人，也不是我发明的这个软件。
• 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。
• 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？
• A person who grows or makes or invents things.
  种植、制造或发明事件的人。
• 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。
• Last year's immunization isn't any good for this year's disease because every time someone invents a new medication, someone else invents a new malady.
  去年对病毒所产生的免疫在今年起不到任何作用，因为每当人们在发明良药的同时，又有人制造出了新的病毒。