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

双语例句

• Similarly, literacy spread as the Europeans exploited paper and printing, both Chinese inventions.
  同样，文化也是在欧洲人利用了纸和印刷术这两项中国发明后才传播开来。
• Modern inventions facilitate housework.
  许多现代发明便利了家务劳动。
• Scientific inventions such as these have raised labour productivity by a big margin.
  诸如此类的科学发明，都大大提高了劳动生产率。
• Along with all these dumb inventions.
  和这些沉默的发明一起。
• This house and my inventions are all I have.
  这座房子和我的发明就是我的全部。
• 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。
• As for me, Thomas Edison is my idol because his inventions have greatly changed our life.
  至于我，我的偶像是爱迪生，因为他的发明极大地改变了我们的生活。
• I wanna plaster the densely-populated cities with posters proclaiming my unique inventions and qualifications and astonishing experiences.
  我想要在所有人口密集的城市中贴上我的海报，来宣布我独一无二的创造和资历，还有令人惊讶的坎坷经历。
• 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。
• Our country has done much in the way of inventions.
  在发明方面我国作出了许多贡献。