invent

verb

1. 发明；创造
   to produce or design sth that has not existed before
   1. Who invented the steam engine?
      谁发明了蒸汽机？
2. 编造；捏造；虚构
   to say or describe sth that is not true, especially in order to trick people
   1. What excuse did he invent this time?
      他这次编了什么借口？
   2. Many children invent an imaginary friend.
      很多儿童都有一个假想朋友。

1. VERB 发明;创造;首创
   If you invent something 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。
2. VERB 编造;捏造;虚构
   If you invent a 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。

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。
3. 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。
4. His father had helped invent a whole new way of doing business.
   他父亲帮助创造了一套全新的生意经。
5. And I was about to invent a machine.
   我正准备发明个机器。
6. We must invent an excuse for being late.
   我们必须编造一个迟到的理由。
7. And so, maybe somebody in this room working with me will invent such a process.
   因此，也许这个房间里和我一起工作的某个人，会发明出这样一种制作方法。
8. We have become so technologically brilliant surely we will invent a solution; find a way around our problems.
   我们已经变得如此辉煌的技术，我们一定会发明一种解决方案，我们找到一个解决问题的方法。
9. Can't you invent a better excuse than that?
   你就不能编造一个高明些的藉口吗？
10. When you invent something, it is necessary immediately to defend your creativity with intellectual patents.
    当你发明了某种东西，就有必要立即用知识专利来保护你的创造。
11. We can invent something with some classmates.
    可以和同学一起做小发明。
12. I have a plan! Is must invent a new robot.
    我有一个打算！就是要发明一个新的机器人。
13. Future for you to invent a robot to help You hammer malleus.
    将来为您发明一个机器人，帮您锤锤骨。
14. I invent the story about the man on my way home.
    我捏造了关于一个男人在回家路上的故事。
15. I did not invent a new form, a mixture of new or changes in body.
    我并没有发明一种新的形式，新的混合物或变化体。
16. So when you Koreans say you invent everything, we must admit that's the truth!
    因此当你朝鲜人说你发明一切时，我们必须承认那是事实！
17. You could even invent a new character.
    你甚至能创造另一个角色。
18. He is considered to invent the phone.
    人们认为他发明了电话。
19. I would invent the question of universals?
    是我发明了关于普遍原则的疑问？
20. Artists invent tools, imagine new representations of the universe, and create the languages of tomorrow.
    艺术家们发明了新的工具，想象出了宇宙新的表现力，并且创造了未来的语言。
21. And you, no matter seek what, can invent a fun game.
    而你，无论找着什么，都能发明出一个开心的游戏。
22. Create and invent new projects and new possibilities.
    学会创造和发明新的项目和可能性。
23. Thomas Edison: To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.
    汤马斯爱迪生：关于发明，你只需要好的想象力和一堆废物。
24. He didn't just invent the bulb.
    他并不仅仅发明了灯泡。
25. They had to invent new methods and techniques.
    他们为此发明新的技术与方法。
26. How they invent it be not clear to me.
    他们如何发明的它我不清楚。
27. If you capture the spirit, you can really invent things.
    如果你抓住了时代的精神，那么你就能真正地创造出东西。
28. Using their limited intellectual ability to invent jargon means they have less time to spend on ruining the business.
    他们把有限的智商用在了发明行话上，意味着他们可用于糟蹋业务的时间变少了。
29. Beats all the lies you can invent.
    击败你能发明的全部谎话。
30. To invent the airplane is not only cut the time and raise the security.
    飞机的发明不仅缩短了旅行时间，也提高了安全性。

  invent create devise【导航词义：发明】

  invent v. 发明，创造

〔辨析〕指通过研究、思考等制造出前所未有之物，多用于科技领域。

  create v. 创造，创建

〔辨析〕指创造出以前并不存在的新事物。

  devise v. 设计，发明

〔辨析〕指想出做某事的新方法。

verb

1. come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort
   1. excogitate a way to measure the speed of light

   Synonym:    contrivedeviseexcogitateformulateforge

2. make up something artificial or untrue

   Synonym:    fabricatemanufacturecook upmake up