inventions

英 [ɪnˈvɛnʃənz]

美 [ɪnˈvɛnʃənz]

n. 发明; 创意; 创造; 虚构; 编造; 虚构的故事
invention的复数

柯林斯词典

N-COUNT 发明物;创造的事物
Aninventionis a machine, device, or system that has been invented by someone.
1. It's been a tricky business marketing his new invention...
  推广他的新发明一直是件棘手的事情。
2. The spinning wheel was a Chinese invention.
  纺车是中国人的发明。
N-UNCOUNT 发明;创造
Inventionis the act of inventing something that has never been made or used before.
1. More than eight million books were printed within fifty years after the invention of the printing press.
  印刷机发明以后的 50 年间,有 800 多万册图书被印刷。
2. ...the invention of the telephone.
  电话的发明
N-VAR 捏造;虚构
If you refer to someone's account of something as aninvention, you think that it is untrue and that they have made it up.
1. In these and several other respects, there are many inventions and exaggerations...
  在这些方面和其他几个方面都存在许多捏造与夸张之处。
2. The story was certainly a favourite one, but it was undoubtedly pure invention.
  这个故事当然特别受欢迎,但它无疑纯属虚构。
N-UNCOUNT 发明才能;创造能力
Inventionis the ability to invent things or to have clever and original ideas.
1. ...his great powers of invention.
  他出色的创造才能

Consequently, patents that do not describe genuine inventions are sometimes granted mistakenly.
结果，那些没有描绘出真正发明的东西有时候被错误地授予了专利。
Federally funded research helped lead to the ideas and inventions behind Google and smartphones.
联邦政府资助的研究帮扶了谷歌和智能手机背后的发明和创意。
Scientific research often involves creativity and inventions.
科学研究往往需要创造和发明。
The world's major inventions and discoveries, sometimes also faces deportation and persecution of risk.
世界上的重大发明与发现，有时还面临着受到驱逐和迫害的风险。
Our country has done much in the way of inventions.
在发明方面我国作出了许多贡献。
In these and several other respects, there are many inventions and exaggerations
在这些方面和其他几个方面都存在许多捏造与夸张之处。
Long long ago, there were four great inventions.
很久很久以前，就有了四大发明。
Chinese: I certainly agree with you about our new inventions.
中：我当然同意你所说的关于我们新发明所带来的进步。
Modern inventions have facilitated housework.
现代发明使家务操作便利了。
This house and my inventions are all I have.
这座房子和我的发明就是我的全部。