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

• Nor do we approve of it if someone invents for himself a meaning which conflicts with all antiquity, and for which there are clearly no testimonies of the church.
  我们也不赞同此事，即有人自以为发明了一种意义，而此意义是与过去所有古老教义相矛盾的，而且显然过去的教会也没有如此的见证。
• US invents new software which could help trace back lost computers;
  美国发明新“软件”，可找回失窃电脑；
• If you get simple beauty and nought else you get about the best things Got invents.
  如果你拥有纯真的美，你就拥有了上帝创造的最好的东西。
• 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。
• He quotes Rousseau: "The legislator is the mechanic who invents the machine."
  他援引卢梭的话：“立法者是发明机器的机械师。”
• 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。
• Who is more unjust than one who invents a lie against Allah or rejects His Signs?
  假借安拉的名义而造谣，或否认其迹象者，有谁比他们还不义呢？
• SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: You might be wondering how Mister Webre invents the many dances in the ballet.
  雪丽·葛里菲兹：你大概想知道韦布尔先生是如何创造芭蕾舞中的很多舞蹈动作的吧。
• It walks, talks, thinks, and invents.
  它会走路、讲话、思考、和发明。
• His loom, by the way, is now manufactured in China, which makes a lot of things but invents very few.
  顺便说一下，他的彩虹织机目前在中国制造。中国可以制造很多东西，但发明的东西非常少。