| 1. | Can't you invent a better excuse than that? |
| 你就不能编造一个高明些的藉口吗？
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| 2. | invent new modes of expression. |
| 发明新的表现手法。
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| 3. | We are trying to invent a slogan to advertise our product on television. |
| 我们正试图创作一句广告词，在电视上为我们的产品做广告。
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| 4. | He would invent fanciful names on the spot. |
| 他会当场编造出一些稀奇古怪的货名。
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| 5. | It was necessary, therefore, to invent instruments that neither slumbered nor slept. |
| 因此，有必要发明一种仪器，既不打盹儿，也不睡觉。
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| 6. | She couldn't invent a reason for not going. |
| 她编造不出不去的理由。
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| 7. | cook up [concoct, invent , make up, manufacture] an excuse |
| 编造借口
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| 8. | invent a robot to do the cleaning |
| 发明一种做清扫工作的机器人
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| 9. | create [ invent ] a myth |
| 虚构某一人物[事物]
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| 10. | invent a machine |
| 发明机器
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