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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• V.everyday and it seems as if they are constantly inventing new tricks and improving their skills.
  日常及它看起来好像他们不断发明新花样，提升他们的技能。
• This is the spirit of inventing and creating.
  这是有发明创造精神。
• Crusoe spent his time as a castaway building and inventing.
  克鲁索过着不断建造和发明的漂流者的生活。
• Children with imaginary friends have a lot of practice at inventing interactions between their imaginary friends and themselves.
  基德博士指出：「儿童有了幻想的朋友，在自己与朋友虚构的互动过程中，增加了很多练习的机会。
• I can't imagine how one ever goes about inventing a tune.
  我无法想象一个人居然可以想出一个调子来。
• 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。
• He was soon hard at work making improve-ments in the machine and inventing new parts.
  他不久就努力从事改进机器和发明新部件的工作。