The story was certainly a favourite one, but it was undoubtedly pure invention.

They generalised the use of a new invention.

他们推广一项新发明的应用.

He is credited with the invention.

那发明该归功于他.

It's been a tricky business marketing his new invention.

推广他的新发明一直是件棘手的事情。

It's a most useful invention.

这是一项极其有用的发明.

That invention won him a medal.

那项发明为他赢得了一枚奖章.

This new invention has an enormous sales potential.

这项新发明有巨大的销售潜力.

Necessity is the mother of invention.

[谚]需要是发明之母.

He signed away all his rights to the invention.

他签字放弃了这项发明的全部权利.

All other inventions and discoveries were inconsiderable or at least subordinate.

所有其它的发明和发现都显得微不足道,或至少退居次要地位.

No one knows what new ideas, inventions or technical applications are around the corner.

谁都无法预料不久之后会出现什么样的新思想, 新发明和新技术.

Many great inventions signalize the last 150 years.

许多伟大的发明使过去的一百五十年放出异彩.

New inventions often languish in the laboratory for years.

新的发明总会在实验室里多年无人问津.

The standard of living hit the high spots with the inventions of many useful things.

许多有用东西的发明使生活达到高水平.

All great inventions and discoveries propagate themselves.

所有的重大发明和发现都会自行向四方传播.

These inventions had obtained for him the renown of more than human sagacity.

他的这些发明使人们把他看得神乎其神.

He is endowed with an inventive mind.

他天生具有发明才能.

Entrepreneurs are inventive geniuses.

企业家是创新天才.

Did the success of our cause come from the efforts of only a few inventive minds?

难道我们的事业就是几个发明创造的人搞出来的?

The inventive device is simple in structure and can incorporate the coating and dealuminization effects.

本发明装置结构简单,并且能够达到镀膜和脱铝双重效果.

Uranus symbolizes the ingenious, inventive creativity that won't settle for stuck , stagnant systems.

天王星象征独创性 、 善于发明创造,且不满足于瓶颈与停滞.