| 单词 | invent |
| 释义 | invent (once / 99 pages) v To invent is to create for the first time or make up. If you tell your friends that you invented the electric guitar, you are inventing a pretty unbelievable story about your past. When you think of the word invent, think of Thomas Alva Edison who invented the long-lasting light bulb, the motion picture camera, the phonograph, and the stock ticker. That's a lot of inventions! You couldn't invent a better story of American ingenuity, could you? WORD FAMILYinvent: invented, inventing, invention, inventive, inventor, invents, reinvent+/invention: inventions/inventive: inventively, inventiveness, inventivest, uninventive/inventor: inventors/reinvent: reinvented, reinventing, reinvents/uninventive: uninventively USAGE EXAMPLESThis story begins a long, long time ago, so long ago, the internet wasn’t really invented. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) Robert Alvarez said the proposal invented a problem that did not exist. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) Vatican spokesman Greg Burke tells The Associated Press the quotes are “invented.” Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1v come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort Syn|Hyper contrive, devise, excogitate, forge, formulate create by mental act, create mentally create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands 2v make up something artificial or untrue Syn|Hypo|Hyper cook up, fabricate, make up, manufacture mythologise, mythologize construct a myth confabulateunconsciously replace fact with fantasy in one's memory concoct, trump upinvent spinmake up a story vamp, vamp upmake up concoct, dream up, hatch, think of, think up devise or invent |
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