| 釋義 |
inventionn.
1. mental activity,power of devising智力活動，謀劃能力。
△Ado.4.1.196(194):“Nor age so eat up my in-vention.”年紀還沒有吞掉我的神志(又譯：智慧)。
2. thoughts,notions,ideas 思想，想法，念頭。
△ As.4.3.35 (34):“such giant-rude invention.” 這種粗暴無比的念頭。
3. faculty of thinking and discovering something敏悟能力。
△Oth.4.1.199(189):“Of so high and plente-ous wit and invention!”這樣聰明出眾、敏悟過人！
4. imagination,imaginative faculty 想像，想像力。
△Ado.5.1.286 (273): “what penance your invention / Can lay upon my sin；”凡你所能想得出的懲治我的罪惡的刑罰。
5. premeditated design or plan,previous search forsubject matter預謀的計劃，事先找好的題目。
△1H.VI.3.1.5:“Do it without invention,suddenly；”你就當場說出來，不要有什么預謀。
6. contrivance,device 設計，手段。
△ Wiv.3.5.88 (85):“in her invention,and Ford's wife's distraction,they conveyed me into a buck-basket.”她心生一計，福德的老婆也慌了神兒，她們就把我裝進一只臟衣服簍子里。
7. plan,scheme,stratagem 計劃，方案，計策。
△Shr.11.194 (190): “Both our inventions meet and jump inone.”i.e.Our schemes meet and agree with each oth-er. 我們兩個人的打算不謀而合。
△Lr.1.2.20: “And myinvention thrive.” 我的計劃順利。
△3H.VI.4.1.34:“What if both Lewis and Warwick be appeased / Bysuch invention as I can devise?” 只要能用我設計的方案把路易和沃里克撫慰一下，又會怎么樣呢？
8. stratagem,trickery 計策，詭計。
△Tw.5.1.355(343): “the most notorious geck and gull / That e'erinvention played on?”被人圈套所愚弄的最大傻瓜。
9. fabrication,fiction,invented story捏造，虛構，編造的故事。
△Mac.3.1.32 (31 ): “filling their hearersWith strange invention. ”i.e. filling the ears of their hearers with strange and untrue stories. 向人傳播離奇的謊話。
△As.4.3.30 (29): “This is a man’s inventionand his hand.”這是一個男人編造出來的東西，而且還是男人的筆跡。
10. inventive faculty,imagination 創(chuàng)造才能，想像力。
△As.2.5. 46:“I’ll give you a verse to this note,thatI made yesterday in despite of my invention.”i.e.inspite of my lack of imagination. 我雖然思路遲鈍，昨天按這個調子也填了一節(jié)詞，我要念給你聽。
11.originality獨創(chuàng)性。
△Tw.3.2.48 (43): “It is nomatter how witty,so it be eloquent and full of inven-tion.”無須說俏皮話，只要流暢而獨創(chuàng)就成。
12. poetic creation or imagination詩歌創(chuàng)作，詩意想像。
△H.V.1.Prol.1:“O,for a Muse of fire,that wouldascend/The brightest heaven of invention!”i.e.O. for powerful inspiration that would rise to the mostbrilliant heights of imagination! 啊，但愿能如火焰般升騰的繆斯女神，帶領我們登上光輝燦爛的天堂！
13. artistic or literary faculty; literary composition （文藝）創(chuàng)作能力；文學作品。
△Ado.5.1.296 (283):“aught insad invention，”i.e.funeral poem. 悲悼的詩歌，哀詩。
△Tw.5.1.345 (333):“Or say ’tis not your seal,noryour invention.”或是說那不是你的印，那不是你的大作。 |