invention
/ɪnˈvenʃn; ɪn`vɛnʃən/ n
1 [U]
(a) action of inventing 发明; 创造; 虚构; 捏造
the invention of radio by Marconi 马可尼对无线电的发明
a story of one's own invention, ie invented by oneself 自己杜撰的故事.
(b) capacity for inventing 发明或创造的才能; 虚构或捏造的能力.
(c) (euph 婉) making up of untrue or unreal things; lying 虚构; 捏造; 造假; 撒谎
I'm afraid he is guilty of a good deal of invention. 我看他撒了很多谎.
2 [C] thing that is invented 发明物
the scientific inventions of the 20th century 20世纪的科技发明.
3 (idm 习语) necessity is the mother of invention => necessity.