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

• 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。
• Well, we already did, by inventing the games and sports.
  没问题，我们已经参与了，是通过发明运动项目来参与的。
• People are inventing new sports or games all the time.
  人们不断地创造着新的运动和比赛。
• 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。
• This is the spirit of inventing and creating.
  这是有发明创造精神。
• 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 a father she never had.
  创造出一个她从来没有过的爸爸。
• 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。
• 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。
• He succeeded in inventing the telephone by hard efforts.
  他以艰苦的努力成功地发明了电话。