invent

[ɪnˈvent]

  • 词义辨析

    invent, discover, find, find out, look for

    这组词(组)都有“发明”“发现”的意思。discover指发现或偶然发现原来就存在但一直未被认识的东西; look for作“寻找”解时,指寻找的动作和过程; find指寻找的结果,即“找到”,是非延续性动词,不如discover正式; find out指经过观察、调查把某事、某物查出来,搞清楚,弄明白,多用于复杂而不易直接查出的情况; invent指发明原来不存在的东西,有时也可指虚构、捏造。例如:
    Whilhelm Roentgen discovered X rays.威尔海尔姆·伦琴发现了X射线。
    He was amazed to find her there.发现她在那里,他很吃惊。
    Let's try and find out what's at the back of this problems.咱们想法弄清问题的背景是怎样的。
    Whatt invented the steam engine.瓦特发明了蒸汽机。
    She ran across some old letters when she was looking for something else.她找别的东西时,偶然翻出几封过去的信。

    create,compose,design,invent,make,produce

    这些动词均有“创造”,“制作”之意。
    create侧重创造出来的东西以前并不存在,或者指独具特色的创作。
    compose多指音乐或诗歌、画的创作。
    design主要指在艺术或技术领域的创作设计,强调构思多于实际制造。
    invent主要用于科技领域,指通过思考、研究或实验制造出新的前所未有、极为有用的东西。
    make最普通用词,指任何东西的创作或制造。
    produce指产品的生产,或作品创作的完成。

  • 双语例句
1、

What festivals of atonement, what sacred games shall we have to invent?

我们该发明什么赎罪的庆典, 什么神圣的把戏?

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Her lips so big, Chap Stick had to invent a spray.

她嘴唇这么大, 抹冻疮膏必须发明喷射装置.

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He can always invent a new game to divert the children.

他总能想出新的游戏来供孩子们娱乐.

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4、

Regulators may also have to invent new tools or revive ones that have fallen into disuse.

此外,监管机构还必须发明新的工具,或重新捡起那些弃用的工具.

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We have to invent a new method for sneaking prisoners out without being noticed by the guards.

我们必须想出新的办法使囚犯们偷偷溜出去而不被看守发现.

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6、

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。

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7、

Japan is the last country to invent radar, but England.

发明雷达的国家决不是日本, 而是英国.

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The government has to invent projects that will employ the least skilled.

政府不得不搞出一些再就业工程来雇用技能最差的劳工.

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Efforts to invent new ways to bring together Chinese money and Hong Kong stocks continue.

有关方面仍在继续努力推出将大陆资金引入香港股市的措施.

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10、

What had led Galois to invent this theory?

是什么导致伽罗瓦发明这条理论?

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11、

Boxing is the single most inhuman sport, which only humans can invent.

拳击是最不人道的运动, 然而只有人能够发明.

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12、

I invent the story about the man on my way home.

在回家的路上,我虚构了有关那个人的故事.

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13、

Edward Jenner didn't invent preventive medicine by accumulating information; he did by reframing the question.

爱德华詹纳没有通过积累资料发明预防医学, 而是通过重新规划这个问题做到了.

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14、

And the best way to predict the future is to invent it.

然而,预见未来的最好方法就是创造未来.

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He began to study the attempts of other men to invent an incandescent electric light.

他开始研究别人为发明白热电灯所作的尝试.

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Feel free to invent a nickname for your Student if you like.

如果你喜欢,可以随意给你的学生起一个绰号.

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I would invent the question of universals?

我虚构了普遍问题的是何人?

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18、

They invent tools and machines to help them in their work.

他们发明机器来帮助自己工作.

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What explanation can we invent?

我们能想出(编造出)什么解释 呢 ?

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20、

The success of an economy depends on its ability to invent and embrace new protocols.

经济的成功依赖于其发明和采用新协议的能力.

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They invent powerful tools help them better observe and draw conclusion about what they have observed.

他们发明各种有力的工具来帮助自己进行观察并得出结论.

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22、

Will people invent new types of transportation?

人们将会发明新型的交通工具 吗 ?

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23、

Here, we have a short cut, where we don't have to invent new antibiotics.

在这里, 我们有一条捷径, 我们不需要发明抗生菌.

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Like a lot of Web innovators, the Obama campaign did not invent anything completely new.

就像很多网络革新者一样, 奥巴马阵营没有发明任何全新的东西.

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25、

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.

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This kind of machine is invent in the 1970's.

这种机器是七十年代发明的.

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He is a knowing fellow, and he will invent something to comfort her.

他是个老于世故的人, 会想出办法来安慰她的.

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Then I began to invent graphic stories without dialogue.

以后,我又想出画不带对话的图画故事.

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29、

Do you know who invent magnetic needle?

你知道指南针是谁发明的 吗 ?

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