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invention
英 [ɪnˈvenʃən]
[NOUN]
inventions
1. [C 可数名词] 发明物
An invention is a machine, device, or system that has been invented by someone.
双语例句
例：The spinning wheel was a Chinese invention.
纺车是中国人的一项发明。
2. [U 不可数名词] 发明
Invention is the act of inventing something that has never been made or used before.
双语例句
例：the invention of the telephone.
电话的发明。
3. [C, U 有变体名词] 虚构
If you refer to someone's account of something as an invention, you think that it is untrue and that they have made it up.
近义词
双语例句
例：The story was certainly a favourite one, but it was undoubtedly pure invention.
这个故事的确是人们最喜欢的一个，但毫无疑问它纯粹是虚构的。
4. [U 不可数名词] 发明才能
Invention is the ability to invent things or to have clever and original ideas.
近义词
双语例句
例：Perhaps, with such powers of invention and mathematical ability, he will be offered a job in computers.
或许，拥有这样的创造能力和数学才能，他会得到一份计算机方面的工作。