1 [C] a thing that has been made or designed by sb for the first time 发明物:
The microwave oven is a very useful invention.微波炉是一项十分有用的发明。
2 [U] the action or process of making or designing sth for the first time 发明;创造:
Books had to be written by hand before the invention of printing.印刷术发明之前,书本都是手抄的。
3 [C,U] telling a story or giving an excuse that is not true 造;虚构:
It was obvious that his story about being robbed was (an) invention.遭抢劫的事显然是他一手杜撰的。
invention/Inˋvɛnʃən; Inˈvenʃ$n/n 1 [C] a machine, tool, system etc that someone has invented 发明(物)〔如机器﹑工具﹑制度等〕: The computer was one of the most important inventions of the twentieth century. 电脑是 20 世纪最重要的发明之一。2 [U] when someone invents something 发明﹐创造: +of the invention of television 电视的发明3 [C,U] a story or explanation that is not true 虚构的故事﹔编造的解释﹔假话: The story is just a media invention. 此事完全是媒体的虚构。
inventioninventioninventionsnoun1(pluralinventions) a thing that somebody has made for the first time2(no plural) inventing something: The invention of the telephone changed the world.