| 釋義 |
inventionn.
1. mental activity,power of devising智力活動(dòng)，謀劃能力。
△Ado.4.1.196(194):“Nor age so eat up my in-vention.”年紀(jì)還沒(méi)有吞掉我的神志(又譯：智慧)。
2. thoughts,notions,ideas 思想，想法，念頭。
△ As.4.3.35 (34):“such giant-rude invention.” 這種粗暴無(wú)比的念頭。
3. faculty of thinking and discovering something敏悟能力。
△Oth.4.1.199(189):“Of so high and plente-ous wit and invention!”這樣聰明出眾、敏悟過(guò)人！
4. imagination,imaginative faculty 想像，想像力。
△Ado.5.1.286 (273): “what penance your invention / Can lay upon my sin；”凡你所能想得出的懲治我的罪惡的刑罰。
5. premeditated design or plan,previous search forsubject matter預(yù)謀的計(jì)劃，事先找好的題目。
△1H.VI.3.1.5:“Do it without invention,suddenly；”你就當(dāng)場(chǎng)說(shuō)出來(lái)，不要有什么預(yù)謀。
6. contrivance,device 設(shè)計(jì)，手段。
△ Wiv.3.5.88 (85):“in her invention,and Ford's wife's distraction,they conveyed me into a buck-basket.”她心生一計(jì)，福德的老婆也慌了神兒，她們就把我裝進(jìn)一只臟衣服簍子里。
7. plan,scheme,stratagem 計(jì)劃，方案，計(jì)策。
△Shr.11.194 (190): “Both our inventions meet and jump inone.”i.e.Our schemes meet and agree with each oth-er. 我們兩個(gè)人的打算不謀而合。
△Lr.1.2.20: “And myinvention thrive.” 我的計(jì)劃順利。
△3H.VI.4.1.34:“What if both Lewis and Warwick be appeased / Bysuch invention as I can devise?” 只要能用我設(shè)計(jì)的方案把路易和沃里克撫慰一下，又會(huì)怎么樣呢？
8. stratagem,trickery 計(jì)策，詭計(jì)。
△Tw.5.1.355(343): “the most notorious geck and gull / That e'erinvention played on?”被人圈套所愚弄的最大傻瓜。
9. fabrication,fiction,invented story捏造，虛構(gòu)，編造的故事。
△Mac.3.1.32 (31 ): “filling their hearersWith strange invention. ”i.e. filling the ears of their hearers with strange and untrue stories. 向人傳播離奇的謊話。
△As.4.3.30 (29): “This is a man’s inventionand his hand.”這是一個(gè)男人編造出來(lái)的東西，而且還是男人的筆跡。
10. inventive faculty,imagination 創(chuàng)造才能，想像力。
△As.2.5. 46:“I’ll give you a verse to this note,thatI made yesterday in despite of my invention.”i.e.inspite of my lack of imagination. 我雖然思路遲鈍，昨天按這個(gè)調(diào)子也填了一節(jié)詞，我要念給你聽(tīng)。
11.originality獨(dú)創(chuàng)性。
△Tw.3.2.48 (43): “It is nomatter how witty,so it be eloquent and full of inven-tion.”無(wú)須說(shuō)俏皮話，只要流暢而獨(dú)創(chuàng)就成。
12. poetic creation or imagination詩(shī)歌創(chuàng)作，詩(shī)意想像。
△H.V.1.Prol.1:“O,for a Muse of fire,that wouldascend/The brightest heaven of invention!”i.e.O. for powerful inspiration that would rise to the mostbrilliant heights of imagination! 啊，但愿能如火焰般升騰的繆斯女神，帶領(lǐng)我們登上光輝燦爛的天堂！
13. artistic or literary faculty; literary composition （文藝）創(chuàng)作能力；文學(xué)作品。
△Ado.5.1.296 (283):“aught insad invention，”i.e.funeral poem. 悲悼的詩(shī)歌，哀詩(shī)。
△Tw.5.1.345 (333):“Or say ’tis not your seal,noryour invention.”或是說(shuō)那不是你的印，那不是你的大作。 |