英 [ɪnˈvent] 美 [ɪnˈvent]
v. 发明，创造；编造，虚构
第三人称单数invents
现在分词inventing
过去式invented
过去分词invented
invent /ɪnˈvɛnt/ CET4 TEM4 [ inventing invented invents ]
及物动词 If you invent something such as a machine or process, you are the first person to think of it or make it. 发明
He invented the first electric clock.
他发明了第一个电动钟。
及物动词 If you invent a story or excuse, you try to make other people believe that it is true when in fact it is not. 虚构
I stood still, trying to invent a plausible excuse.
我静静地站着，努力想编出一个听上去可信的借口。
come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort
同义词： contrive / devise / excogitate / formulate / forge
make up something artificial or untrue
同义词： fabricate / manufacture / cook up / make up
发明-引用次数：19
Some people forecast the tech-nology of internet will be the most great technology invent in next 1,000 years.
有人预测，网络技术将是下一个千年中最重要的技术发明，它将对社会发展产生巨大的推动力。
参考来源论网络技术对社会发展的作用
虚构-引用次数：2
The human being invent a“second real world, but not depart from the flesh and blood.
人通过语言虚构了一个第二真实的世界,却没有“离于世”,而是将生命或灵魂注于物性的世界,让世界生命化。
参考来源论诗性语言
创造(Invention)：创造是指寻找一个能够解决目前绩效差距或错误的解答。包括了诊断绩效差距的因素，以及发明一个适当的解答来减少错误的发生。
inventive 发明的；有发明才能的；独出心裁的
inventively 有创造力地；率先的
The U.S. needs the new companies that will invent them.
美国需要能发明这些产品的新公司。
I learned that different inventors often invent similar things.
我了解到不同的发明家经常发明类似的东西。
What excuse did he invent this time?
他这次编了什么借口？
In the next seven years, between nineteen-twenty-nine and nineteen-thirty-six, he seemed to re-invent the novel with every book he wrote.
VOA : special.2010.01.03
And so the opportunity and need to invent just like any other startup or entrepreneurial activity remains strong.
因此发明创造的机遇和需要就像,任何创立活动一样，非常重要。
微软CEO-Steve.Ballmer谈科技的未来课程节选 : 斯坦福公开课
So if you want to invent, if you want to innovate, failure is part and parcel with that.
所以如果想要发明，想要创造，失败是不可或缺的。
领导能力简介课程节选 : 普林斯顿公开课
He did not invent jeans. But he is considered the first person to manufacture and sell this kind of clothing in large amounts.
VOA : special.2009.12.18
Hawaii wants to re-invent itself as more than a "sun,sand and surf destination,"
VOA : special.2009.03.02
Instead, he firmly believes Skyhook should fight to stay in the space it helped invent.
The wizards of Silicon Valley constantly invent new ways for people to communicate and connect.
But the drug's success highlights how difficult it is for pharmaceutical firms to invent new medicines.