invent
invent
verb
verb
- [with obj.]create or design (something that has not existed before); be the originator of
发明，创造；首创；创作
he invented an improved form of the steam engine.
他发明了改良型蒸汽机。
■make up (an idea, name, story, etc.), especially so as to deceive
捏造，编造，虚构
I did not have to invent any tales about my past.
我根本无须为自己的过去编造故事。
- late 15th cent. (in the sense 'find out, discover'): from Latin invent- 'contrived, discovered', from the verb invenire, from in- 'into' + venire 'come'
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