invented

柯林斯詞典

invent /?n?v?nt/ (inventing,invented,invents)

• 1. V-T If you invent something such as a machine or process, you are the first person to think of it or make it. 發(fā)明

  He invented the first electric clock. 他發(fā)明了第一個電動鐘。

• 2. V-T If you invent a story or excuse, you try to make other people believe that it is true when in fact it is not. 虛構

  I stood still, trying to invent a plausible excuse. 我靜靜地站著，努力想編出一個聽上去可信的借口。

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