Who invented the steam engine?
谁发明了蒸汽机？
What excuse did he invent this time?
他这次编了什么借口？
Many children invent an imaginary friend.
很多儿童都有一个假想朋友。
1.发明,创作,创造
2.捏造,虚构
1.to design or create something such as a machine or process that did not exist before; to develop a new theory, style, or method that did not exist before
2.to make up a story, excuse, etc. that is not true
1.It would make sense to take advantage of this expertise instead of trying to re-invent it.
所以，利用这些专家经验，而不是设法重新创建一个是有道理的。
2.When he was at college, his class was asked to invent a new game that could be played indoors during the long winters.
当他在大学时，他的班级被要求发明一种在漫长冬季可以在市内玩的游戏。
3.Dr Fuller and his colleagues didn't invent this idea: conservationists have been talking about such schemes for a few years, at least.
富勒博士和他的同事并没有发明这个创意：环境保护者们至少已经就这个主题讨论好几年了。
4."If there had been no Bagration, somebody would have to invent him, " said the wit, Shinshin, parodying the words of Voltaire .
“如果没有巴格拉季蓊，那就应当把他虚构出来。”诙谐的申申滑稽地模仿伏尔泰的话说。
5.The greatest punishment we could invent for her was to keep her separate from him: yet she got chided more than any of us on his account.
我们能施于她最大的惩罚莫过于把她和他分开，因为他的原因，她挨的骂比我们都多。
6."If I could only invent something that would make me invisible, " he said.
他说：“只要我能发明一样能使我隐形的东西就可以了。”
7.We all realize that as we age we want to re-invent ourselves, but Leslie Siegel says Gwyneth Paltrow took it a little bit too far.
我们都知道，由于我们的年龄要重新发明自己，但莱斯利格尔说，格温妮帕特洛了，它有点过分。
8.After writing down a few different options (and quite a bit of chatter), we settled on "Invent a new kind of vacation at home. "
写下一些选择（以及经过喋喋不休的讨论）后，我们决定”在家里发明一种新型度假“。
9.He might have the ability to invent a brilliant piece of engineering that would save us a lot of money.
他或许完全有能力搞出一个非常好的新装置，使我们节约好多钱。
10.Some people will just sit there blinking, as if I've asked them to explain why they didn't invent spaghetti.
有些人只是坐在那里眨眼睛，仿佛我在叫他们解释为什么他们没能发明出意大利面条。