动词deviseconcoctoriginatedevelopmake upcontrive

及物动词imitate

1. We must invent an excuse for being late.
    我们必须编一个迟到的借口。

2. He invented a new type of stethoscope.
    他发明了一种新型听诊器。

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3. Who invented the steam engine?
    谁发明了蒸气机？

4. He invented an ingenious excuse for his absence.
    他为缺席编造了一个巧妙的借口。

1. 发明,创造：美国纪录片制作者怀斯曼说:我们拍纪录片和小说家创作不一样,作家是在进行一种新的发明创造(invent),而纪录片工作者是在生活中分辨出(recognize)什么是真正有趣的东西,并使用非常戏剧化的形式表现出来.

2. 虚构：但是,请审视该问题所采取的值得注意的形式:他假设了一个主权国,并且虚构(invent)了一个想象中的偏远地区(never-never现在,我想提出的问题是:真正欠你钱的人是谁?

1. 发明;创造;首创
    If you invent something such as a machine or process, you are the first person to think of it or make it.

    e.g. He invented the first electric clock...
           他发明了第一个电动机械钟。
    e.g. Writing had not been invented as yet.
           书写体系当时还没有创造出来。

2. 编造;捏造;虚构
    If you invent a story or excuse, you try to make other people believe that it is true when in fact it is not.

    e.g. 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。

1. come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort

    e.g. excogitate a way to measure the speed of light

    Synonym: contrivedeviseexcogitateformulateforge

2. make up something artificial or untrue

    Synonym: fabricatemanufacturecook upmake up