Invent
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vt. 發明，創造;虛構;
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in(upon)+vent(come)→發明；虛構
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We must invent an excuse for being late.
我們必須編一個遲到的借口。
Don't ask George what his excuse is, he can invent any number.
別問喬治的理由是什么，他可以虛構很多借口。
People who could invent a new human being were people not to be crossed.
那幫能夠制造出具有假身份證的新人的家伙不好惹。
He had to invent himself almost completely.
他不得不自我塑造，簡直是從頭干起。
What explanation can we invent?
我們能想出（編造出）什么解釋呢？
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【串】發明(invent)炸藥是為了開礦,但動無法防止(prevent)它用于戰爭事件(event)
【記】※ in-在…里面,vent-通風孔:在屋里發明了通風孔
※ in-在…里面,v-羅馬數字“5”,nt-拼音“農田”:在5只鵝的農田里做創造發明
※ in-在…里面,vent-孔、給開孔:在燈泡里面開個孔,就產生了前所未有的發明→帶孔的燈泡
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invent
v[Tn]
1 make or design (sth that did not exist before); create by thought 發明; 創造
Laszlo Biro invented the ball-point pen. 拉斯洛?拜羅發明了圓珠筆. Cf 參看 discover 1.
2 (often derog 常作貶義) make up or think of (esp sth that does not exist or is not true) 虛構; 捏造; 胡編
Use an invented name, such as Anytown, not a real one. 瞎編個名字吧, 比方叫｀A城＇吧, 別用真名.
Can't you invent a better excuse than that? 你就不能編造一個高明些的藉口嗎?
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在頭腦里（in）出來（vent-went）了靈感- 發明 “硬問的”（諧音），勤學好問，很多 發明硬是問出來的 網友：yqy補充： in進入，vent走：走到里面去了－－研究進去了－－發明；in里面，vent走出：從里面走出來－發明；invert-invent：發明往往是反向的、顛倒思維 網友：yqy補充： invent-invert-invest
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I think it's time for the wedding to begin.
我想是婚禮可以開始的時候了。
It'll be easier for us to get down to facts then.
這樣就容易進行實質性的談判了。
The worst thing about the do-it-yourself game is that sometimes even men live under the delusion that they can do anything, even when they have repeatedly been proved wrong.
自己動手的例子中最糟糕的是，有時甚至是男人盡管接連失敗卻還誤以為自己什么都行，