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词汇 invention
释义 invention
noun[ C or U ]
uk /ɪnˈven.ʃən/ us /ɪnˈven.ʃən/

inventionnoun[C or U] (NEW DESIGN)


B1
something that has never been made before, or the process of creating something that has never been made before: 发明,创造
The world changed rapidly after the invention of the phone.电话发明后世界的变化日新月异。
a most amazing invention非常了不起的发明
The invention of the contraceptive pill brought about profound changes in the lives of women.避孕药的发明给妇女的生活带来了深刻的变化。
If you don't patent your invention, other people may make all the profit out of it.如果你不为你的发明申请专利权,其他人就会从中渔利。
The invention of the silicon chip was a landmark in the history of the computer.硅片的发明是计算机发展史上的一个里程碑。
This invention made a major contribution to road safety.这项发明对道路安全作出了卓越贡献。
The 20th century was remarkable for its inventions.20世纪重大发明不断,令人惊叹。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Inventing, designing and innovation
absorptive capacity
architect
artificer
bionics
blueprint
design
designer
devise
dream something up
ergonomic
modularization
mother
nanotechnology
non-imitative
technologist
technology
the mother of somethingidiom
themed
think outside the boxidiom
think something up

inventionnoun[C or U] (NOT TRUE)


a story or excuse that is not true, or the act of creating a story or excuse that is not true: 捏造,编造,虚构的故事
All that gossip about Linda was just pure invention.有关琳达的所有流言都纯属虚构。
Be careful what you believe - her powers of invention (= ability to think of excuses, etc.) are well known.注意你该信什么——她编瞎话的本领是出了名的。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

True, real, false, and unreal
actual
actuality
actually
all that glitters is not goldidiom
alternate reality
false
false flag
falsely
fantastical
fever dream
not so muchidiom
nothing could be further from the truthidiom
nothing could have been further from my mind/thoughtsidiom
parallel universe
post-factual
unreal
untrue
untruly
unverifiable
urban myth

invention | American Dictionary


invention
noun[ C/U ]
us/ɪnˈven·ʃən/
something newly designed or created, or the activity of designing or creating new things:
[ C ]The mountain bike was a California invention.
[ U ]The invention of the pressure cooker provided a method for cooking quickly.
[ C ]His story of being kidnapped and held prisoner was an invention (= something represented as being true which is not true).

invention | Business English


invention
noun
uk /ɪnˈvenʃən/us
[ C ]
a product or a way of doing something which has never been made or never existed before:
Turning an invention from an idea into a money-making product is a long job.
a new inventions
[ U ]
the process of creating something that has never been made or never existed before:
the invention of sthThe company claims that this is the most important development since the invention of the printing press.

Examples of invention


invention
Table 1 provides information on these 28 human-competitive results that relate to previously patented inventions.
An examination of patents for machinery shows that most were not radically new inventions, but closely imitated familiar techniques for manufacturing bricks by hand.
Perhaps its most impressive aspect is less the inventions themselves - after all, there have always been brilliant individuals - than its sheer momentum.
Only great inventions have made it possible for civilizations to keep from sliding back into cycles of repetition.
The paper describes the approach and lists previously patented inventions that have been reinvented by genetic programming.
The negative feedback amplifier is regarded as one of the most outstanding inventions in the control arena.
They strove to get and to keep in touch with the inventions, new techniques and foreign practices relevant to their field.
The tendency to dream that leads to surprising inventions and enterprises?
People will inevitably find a negative use for most inventions.
There is little doubt, however, that these social inventions played a significant role in structuring the lives of adolescents in the 20th century.
Considerations for selecting a representation for mechanism design are presented, and a number of human-competitive inventions are shown.
The noninfringing novel designs can be considered new inventions.
Table 4 shows the two inventions generated by genetic programming for which a patent application has been filed.
The more they attempted to resist their inventions the more they become exasperated at the constraints of such identities.
The mediation of inventions through these extensions is a time-critical activity.
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Collocations withinvention


invention

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claimed invention
Novelty of the claimed invention is destroyed if there is a disclosure of an embodiment which falls within the claim.
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greatest invention
The petrol engine is the greatestinvention since the wheel.
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Hansard archive

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independent invention
When these social and economic forces dictated, cultural innovations might be adopted through diffusion or (more rarely) independentinvention.
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