"invent" in Chinese (Simplified)
发明
Definition
创造或设计以前不存在的新事物,特别是设备或工艺。也可以指编造不真实的故事或想法。
Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))
通常用于正式或中性语境,常用于科学或创意领域,如“发明机器”。口语中还可用来指编造借口或故事(例如“发明一个借口”)。不要与“发现”混淆,后者指发现已存在的事物。
Examples
Thomas Edison invented the light bulb.
托马斯·爱迪生**发明**了电灯泡。
It's hard to invent something new.
**发明**新东西很难。
He likes to invent stories.
他喜欢**编造**故事。
Do you really think you can invent a gadget that changes the world?
你真的认为自己能**发明**一个改变世界的小工具吗?
"Don't just invent an excuse—tell me what really happened," she said.
“别光**编造**借口——告诉我究竟发生了什么。”她说。
Sometimes you have to invent solutions to problems no one else has thought of.
有时候你必须**发明**别人没想到的解决方案。