Picture something coming out of a person's head that was not in the world before. That is the whole word — and notice it stays the same whether what comes out is a machine or a lie. The difference is only what the thing is for: the telephone was invented to work, an excuse is invented to be believed.
可以想成：一樣東西從一個人的腦袋裡跑出來，而它在此之前並不存在於世界上。整個字就是這樣——而且不管跑出來的是一台機器還是一個謊，畫面都一樣。差別只在那樣東西是拿來做什麼的：電話被發明出來是為了能用，藉口被編出來是為了被人相信。
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原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
inventverb/ɪnˈvɛnt/
- 1
To design a new process or mechanism.
- After weeks of hard work, I invented a new way to alphabetize matchbooks.
- Accurſt be he that firſt inuented war
- 2
To create something fictional for a particular purpose.
- I knew I had to invent an excuse, and quickly.
- We need a name to put in this form, so let's just invent one.
- 3
obsoleteTo come upon; to find; to discover.
- Far off he wonders, what them makes so glad, / If Bacchus merry fruit they did inuent [...].
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。