Inventory and Invention

杰瑞发布于2026-12-31

库存和发明怎么这么相似,在invent所派生的invention(发明,发明物)、inventive(发明的,有创造力的)、inventor(发明者)等单词中,invent都表示“发明、创造”,但在派生词inventory中,invent却取其本意“找到、发现”
  1. inventory n.库存;财产清单;(建筑物里的物品、家具等的)清单 v.开列清单
  2. invention n. 发明;发明物;发明才能;虚构
29. Riddle:
What invention lets you look right through a wall?
什么发明能让你透过墙壁直视?
l got his missile inventory.
我拿到了他的导弹清单。
Necessity is the mother of invention, and Ukraine is rising to the challenge.
需要是发明之母,乌克兰正在迎接挑战。
We'll peddle your invention somewhere else, huh?
我们会在别的地方兜售你的发明,对吧?
Are you at all familiar with our inventory?
你对我们的库存熟悉吗?
You got inventions?
你有发明吗?