| 词组 | invention |
| 释义 | invention /ɪnˈvenʃən/ noun a useful machine, tool etc that has been inventedadjectivesa new/recent/modern invention The telephone was a recent invention then. | New inventions like the threshing machine were transforming agriculture. | At the time the house was built, the electric iron was a modern invention.a great invention The internet is one of the world’s greatest inventions.a wonderful/brilliant invention The computer is a wonderful invention.an ingenious invention (=very clever) No one knows who first made this ingenious invention.a technical/technological invention In the textile industry, technical inventions produced an increase in output.verbsmake an invention Edison made a number of other important inventions.develop an invention He continued to develop his invention.patent an invention (=get a special document which says that only you can use it) He never thought of patenting his invention or trying to make any money out of it.exploit/market an invention They plan to give university researchers the chance to patent and exploit their own inventions. | You then have to consider how to market your invention.prepositionsan invention for doing sth Thomas Edison’s 1877 invention for recording sound was very simple. |
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