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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• A person who grows or makes or invents things.
  种植、制造或发明事件的人。
• Now imagine that some female in this species invents a useful skill-for instance, how to open a nut to extract its nutritious meat.
  再想像某位女性发明了一个有用的技术，例如打开坚果好取出营养果肉的法门。
• Nicola Tesla invents alternating current.
  尼古拉特斯拉发明了交流电。
• 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。
• 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。
• A scientist is a person who/ that invents or discovers things.
  发明或发现事物的人叫科学家。
• These are machines that invents recently.
  这些是新近发明的机器。