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

• Don't you think it's time to give up this inventing thing, get a real job?
  难道你不觉得应该放弃所谓的发明，而是去找个真正的工作吗？
• 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。
• 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 an entirely new kind of writing.
  我发明了全新的写作方式。
• Another benefit is that the money he earns can support Lin in inventing new things.
  还有一个好处是，有了资金支持，林海就可以研究新发明了。
• With the inventing of the computer, society seems to have changed greatly.
  随著电脑的发明，社会似乎已经大大地改变了。
• This is the spirit of inventing and creating.
  这是有发明创造精神。
• He invested all his money in inventing a new kind of weapon that could work by itself.
  他投资了他所有的钱来发明一种新型的可以独自运作的武器。
• Well, we already did, by inventing the games and sports.
  没问题，我们已经参与了，是通过发明运动项目来参与的。
• Imagination is a creative power that is necessary for inventing a new machine.
  想象力是一种创造的力量即必然的发明一些新的机器。