inventing

英 [ɪnˈventɪŋ]

美 [ɪnˈventɪŋ]

v.  发明; 创造; 编造; 捏造; 虚构
invent的现在分词

COCA.42909

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

• By inventing the telephone, he opened the age of telecommunications and shrank the world.
  发明了电话，他开的年龄缩水电信和世界。
• He was soon hard at work making improve-ments in the machine and inventing new parts.
  他不久就努力从事改进机器和发明新部件的工作。
• The scientists are still working on inventing new methods of reaching outer space.
  科学家仍在研究发明到达外层空间的新方法。
• He invested all his money in inventing a new kind of weapon that could work by itself.
  他投资了他所有的钱来发明一种新型的可以独自运作的武器。
• I can't imagine how one ever goes about inventing a tune.
  我无法想象一个人居然可以想出一个调子来。
• Inventing an illusory problem can only distract from the important job of addressing the real ones.
  提出虚幻的问题，只能分散对解决真正问题这一重要工作的注意力。
• Instead of inventing new devices, he has found ways to combine existing technologies so they work more efficiently.
  他并非发明了新的装置，而是将已有的技术有机地结合起来，他发现这样会让这些技术更有效率。
• Another benefit is that the money he earns can support Lin in inventing new things.
  还有一个好处是，有了资金支持，林海就可以研究新发明了。
• Crusoe spent his time as a castaway building and inventing.
  克鲁索过着不断建造和发明的漂流者的生活。
• Imagination is a creative power that is necessary for inventing a new machine.
  想象力是一种创造的力量即必然的发明一些新的机器。