invented

英 [ɪnˈventɪd]

美 [ɪnˈventɪd]

v.  发明; 创造; 编造; 捏造; 虚构
invent的过去分词和过去式

过去式：invented　过去分词：invented　

BNC.33795 / COCA.25212

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

• Scurrilous and untrue stories were being invented.
  有人正在捏造虚假诽谤的故事。
• Edison, as is known to all, invented the telephone.
  众所周知，爱迪生发明了电话。
• A new technological marvel was invented at Cambridge University in England, the scanning electron microscope.
  一项科技新奇迹在英国剑桥大学诞生了——这就是扫描电子显微镜。
• American Negroes invented jazz.
  美国黑人发明了爵士乐。
• Before bricks were invented, people built their houses of wood.
  砖没发明之前，人们用木头盖房。
• She invented false news.
  她捏造了假消息。
• I launched into the parable, embellishing the story with invented dialogue and extra details
  我开始讲那则寓言，并编造了些对话，加了些细节对其进行润色。
• He invented some story about a cousin.
  他骗别人说自己有位堂兄。
• Lies, no matter how well invented, cannot cover up the facts.
  瞎话编得再圆，也会有漏子。
• They hadn't invented sequencers back in those days, had they?
  那时他们还没有发明出测序仪，是吧？