inventing

英 [ɪnˈventɪŋ]

美 [ɪnˈventɪŋ]

v.  发明; 创造; 编造; 捏造; 虚构
invent的现在分词

COCA.42909

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

• Children with imaginary friends have a lot of practice at inventing interactions between their imaginary friends and themselves.
  基德博士指出：「儿童有了幻想的朋友，在自己与朋友虚构的互动过程中，增加了很多练习的机会。
• This is the spirit of inventing and creating.
  这是有发明创造精神。
• But I also need to keep inventing new skills to stay ahead of the pack.
  但是我也需要不断发明新技巧以保持领先。
• By inventing the telephone, he opened the age of telecommunications and shrank the world.
  发明了电话，他开的年龄缩水电信和世界。
• Known for his swiftness and athleticism, Hermes was given credit for inventing foot-racing and boxing.
  赫密士以速度和运动闻名，他又发明了竞走鞋和拳击。
• He was soon hard at work making improve-ments in the machine and inventing new parts.
  他不久就努力从事改进机器和发明新部件的工作。
• You cannot get money by inventing or imagining it.
  你不可能通过发明或凭空想象就能得到钱的。
• V.everyday and it seems as if they are constantly inventing new tricks and improving their skills.
  日常及它看起来好像他们不断发明新花样，提升他们的技能。
• The scientists are still working on inventing new methods of reaching outer space.
  科学家仍在研究发明到达外层空间的新方法。
• Inventing a father she never had.
  创造出一个她从来没有过的爸爸。