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

• Edison invented the bulb.
  爱迪生发明了灯炮。
• He has invented innumerable excuses, told endless lies.
  他编造了数不清的借口和谎话。
• I think he invented these.
  我想就是他发明了这些东西。
• He invented some story about a cousin.
  他骗别人说自己有位堂兄。
• 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。
• He invented a new kind of engine.
  他发明了一种新的发动机。
• Printing was first invented by the Chinese.
  印刷术是中国首先发明的。
• Before bricks were invented, people built their houses of wood.
  砖没发明之前，人们用木头盖房。
• Scurrilous and untrue stories were being invented.
  有人正在捏造虚假诽谤的故事。
• She invented false news.
  她捏造了假消息。