inventions

英 [ɪnˈvɛnʃənz]

美 [ɪnˈvɛnʃənz]

n. 发明; 创意; 创造; 虚构; 编造; 虚构的故事
invention的复数

柯林斯词典

N-COUNT 发明物;创造的事物
Aninventionis a machine, device, or system that has been invented by someone.
1. It's been a tricky business marketing his new invention...
  推广他的新发明一直是件棘手的事情。
2. The spinning wheel was a Chinese invention.
  纺车是中国人的发明。
N-UNCOUNT 发明;创造
Inventionis the act of inventing something that has never been made or used before.
1. More than eight million books were printed within fifty years after the invention of the printing press.
  印刷机发明以后的 50 年间,有 800 多万册图书被印刷。
2. ...the invention of the telephone.
  电话的发明
N-VAR 捏造;虚构
If you refer to someone's account of something as aninvention, you think that it is untrue and that they have made it up.
1. In these and several other respects, there are many inventions and exaggerations...
  在这些方面和其他几个方面都存在许多捏造与夸张之处。
2. The story was certainly a favourite one, but it was undoubtedly pure invention.
  这个故事当然特别受欢迎,但它无疑纯属虚构。
N-UNCOUNT 发明才能;创造能力
Inventionis the ability to invent things or to have clever and original ideas.
1. ...his great powers of invention.
  他出色的创造才能

Modern inventions have facilitated housework.
现代发明使家务操作便利了。
Some inventions mirror things in the natural world.
伟大的模仿者有些发明反映了大自然中的事物。
This house and my inventions are all I have.
这座房子和我的发明就是我的全部。
Our country has done much in the way of inventions.
在发明方面我国作出了许多贡献。
I saw many great inventions show.
我看了展出的许多伟大的发明。
Consequently, patents that do not describe genuine inventions are sometimes granted mistakenly.
结果，那些没有描绘出真正发明的东西有时候被错误地授予了专利。
Their inventions have contributed to the development of electrical engineering.
他们的发明有助于电气工程学的发展。
These inventions have all got the National Patent.
这些都已经获得了国家专利。
Scientific inventions such as these have raised labour productivity by a big margin.
诸如此类的科学发明，都大大提高了劳动生产率。
Federally funded research helped lead to the ideas and inventions behind Google and smartphones.
联邦政府资助的研究帮扶了谷歌和智能手机背后的发明和创意。