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

• Do you know our four great inventions?
  你知道我国的四大发明吗？
• Modern inventions have facilitated housework.
  现代发明使家务操作便利了。
• Four great inventions in human history, science and culture left a brilliant page.
  四大发明，在人类科学文化史上留下了灿烂的一页。
• Scientific research often involves creativity and inventions.
  科学研究往往需要创造和发明。
• The world's major inventions and discoveries, sometimes also faces deportation and persecution of risk.
  世界上的重大发明与发现，有时还面临着受到驱逐和迫害的风险。
• 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。
• 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。
• Chinese: I certainly agree with you about our new inventions.
  中：我当然同意你所说的关于我们新发明所带来的进步。