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

• Have time machines been invented?
  时光机，你发明了么？
• Lies, no matter how well invented, cannot cover up the facts.
  瞎话编得再圆，也会有漏子。
• Edison, as is known to all, invented the telephone.
  众所周知，爱迪生发明了电话。
• He has invented innumerable excuses, told endless lies.
  他编造了数不清的借口和谎话。
• Sony and Philips invented CD-ROM technology and sold the first players.
  索尼和飞利浦发明了CD-ROM技术并销售了首批播放器。
• He invented some story about a cousin.
  他骗别人说自己有位堂兄。
• I think he invented these.
  我想就是他发明了这些东西。
• He invented a new kind of engine.
  他发明了一种新的发动机。
• American Negroes invented jazz.
  美国黑人发明了爵士乐。
• He had invented an imaginary son, in order to make up for his real son's failings.
  为了弥补现实中儿子的不足之处，他就想象出了一个儿子。