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"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。