invented

英 [ɪnˈventɪd]

美 [ɪnˈventɪd]

v.  发明; 创造; 编造; 捏造; 虚构
invent的过去分词和过去式

过去式：invented　过去分词：invented　

BNC.33795 / COCA.25212

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

• He invented some story about a cousin.
  他骗别人说自己有位堂兄。
• He invented a new kind of engine.
  他发明了一种新的发动机。
• I launched into the parable, embellishing the story with invented dialogue and extra details
  我开始讲那则寓言，并编造了些对话，加了些细节对其进行润色。
• He has invented innumerable excuses, told endless lies.
  他编造了数不清的借口和谎话。
• He invented this bicycle in1839.
  他在1839年发明了自行车。
• Printing was first invented by the Chinese.
  印刷术是中国首先发明的。
• Lies, no matter how well invented, cannot cover up the facts.
  瞎话编得再圆，也会有漏子。
• Writing had not been invented as yet.
  书写体系当时还没有创造出来。
• Scurrilous and untrue stories were being invented.
  有人正在捏造虚假诽谤的故事。
• Edison, as is known to all, invented the telephone.
  众所周知，爱迪生发明了电话。