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

• By inventing the telephone, he opened the age of telecommunications and shrank the world.
  发明了电话，他开的年龄缩水电信和世界。
• 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。
• Crusoe spent his time as a castaway building and inventing.
  克鲁索过着不断建造和发明的漂流者的生活。
• 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。
• 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。
• Don't you think it's time to give up this inventing thing, get a real job?
  难道你不觉得应该放弃所谓的发明，而是去找个真正的工作吗？
• This is the spirit of inventing and creating.
  这是有发明创造精神。
• Inventing an illusory problem can only distract from the important job of addressing the real ones.
  提出虚幻的问题，只能分散对解决真正问题这一重要工作的注意力。
• Inventing a father she never had.
  创造出一个她从来没有过的爸爸。
• He succeeded in inventing the telephone by hard efforts.
  他以艰苦的努力成功地发明了电话。