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

• With Barack Obama supportive, this means the America Invents Act could soon be signed into law.
  在奥巴马的支持下，美国专利发明保护法案即将签署通过，并入法律。
• 1827-John Walker ( inventor), an English chemist, invents the friction match.
  1827年的今天，英国化学家约翰·沃克尔（发明家）发明了火柴。
• Where a natural person invents a layout-design, the natural person is the inventor.
  由自然人创作的布图设计，该自然人是创作者。
• 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。
• Columbia Invents Fake Movie Critic
  哥伦比亚电影公司虚构假影评人
• If you you will find that he names the reindeer, invents the sleigh, comes up with the chimney and the bag of toys, etc.
  如果你读过这首诗，你就会发现，是摩尔给驯鹿起的名字，是摩尔发明的雪橇，烟囱以及大包的玩具等等也都是摩尔的杜撰。
• Nicola Tesla invents alternating current.
  尼古拉特斯拉发明了交流电。
• I am just the guy that uses the software, not the guy who invents it.
  我只是使用这个软件的人，也不是我发明的这个软件。
• In the 2007 The Simpsons Movie, he invents a drill that can drill through anything, only to discover it is on the wrong side of the glass dome imprisoning the town.
  在2007年电影《辛普森一家》中，他发明了一个能够钻透任何东西的钻孔机，最后却发现钻到了监禁小镇玻璃顶的另一侧。
• 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。”