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

• 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。
• Now imagine that some female in this species invents a useful skill-for instance, how to open a nut to extract its nutritious meat.
  再想像某位女性发明了一个有用的技术，例如打开坚果好取出营养果肉的法门。
• A person who tells or invents fables.
  寓言的讲述者或创造者。
• A scientist is a person who/ that invents or discovers things.
  发明或发现事物的人叫科学家。
• A person who grows or makes or invents things.
  种植、制造或发明事件的人。
• In the 2007 The Simpsons Movie, he invents a drill that can drill through anything, only to discover it is on the wrong side of the glass dome imprisoning the town.
  在2007年电影《辛普森一家》中，他发明了一个能够钻透任何东西的钻孔机，最后却发现钻到了监禁小镇玻璃顶的另一侧。
• 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。
• 1827-John Walker ( inventor), an English chemist, invents the friction match.
  1827年的今天，英国化学家约翰·沃克尔（发明家）发明了火柴。
• It walks, talks, thinks, and invents.
  它会走路、讲话、思考、和发明。
• These are machines that invents recently.
  这些是新近发明的机器。