(1)發(fā)明,創(chuàng)造(make,design or produce for the first time)[T+n]:~a new machine/the telephone/the wheel/the ball-point pen 發(fā)明新機器/電話/輪子/圓珠筆;When was printing~ed? 印刷術是什么時候發(fā)明的?~a simple method for doing sth 開創(chuàng)做某事的簡易方法;〖同〗create;
(2)編造,虛構(think up,make up with the imagination)[T+n](常derog):~an excuse/a reason for doing sth 編造做某事的借口/理由;a story smartly~ed 編造得很巧妙的謊言(故事);a real person,not~ed in a dream 確有其人,不是夢中虛構的;an~ed name 瞎編的名字;
→in′vention n 發(fā)明(物), 創(chuàng)造(物), 虛構(物), 捏造(物);in′ventive adj 發(fā)明的,有發(fā)明創(chuàng)造才能的;in′ventor n發(fā)明者(家);
【辨異】invent與discover的區(qū)別見DISCOVER。