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inventor是什么意思

inventor

英 [ɪn'ventə] 美 [ɪn'vɛntɚ]
  • n. 发明家;[专利] 发明人;创造者

英文词源


inventor (n.)
c. 1500, "a discoverer," from Latin inventor (fem. inventrix) "contriver, author, discoverer," agent noun from past participle stem of invenire (see invention). Meaning "one who contrives or produces a new thing or process" is from 1550s.

双语例句


1. The royalties enabled the inventor to re-establish himself in business.
专利使用费让这位发明家得以再次立足于商界。

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2. He became famous as an inventor of astonishing visual and aural effects.
他因发明了神奇的视听效果而出名。

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3. In my youth my ambition had been to be an inventor.
我年轻时的抱负是成为一个发明家。

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4. Edison won his spurs as an inventor while rather young.
爱迪生很年轻的时候就获得了发明家的声誉.

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5. The Nobel Medal bears the image of the great Swedish inventor.
诺贝尔奖章上有这位瑞典的伟大发明家的像.

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