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

• I launched into the parable, embellishing the story with invented dialogue and extra details
  我开始讲那则寓言，并编造了些对话，加了些细节对其进行润色。
• He invented some story about a cousin.
  他骗别人说自己有位堂兄。
• He has invented innumerable excuses, told endless lies.
  他编造了数不清的借口和谎话。
• American Negroes invented jazz.
  美国黑人发明了爵士乐。
• He invented this bicycle in1839.
  他在1839年发明了自行车。
• The balloon was invented before the plane.
  热气球是在飞机发明之前发明的。
• He invented a new kind of engine.
  他发明了一种新的发动机。
• Writing had not been invented as yet.
  书写体系当时还没有创造出来。
• Before bricks were invented, people built their houses of wood.
  砖没发明之前，人们用木头盖房。
• 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。