A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
发明
Invention
Necessity... the mother of invention.
必要性…发明之母。
The book is man's best invention so far.
这本书是迄今为止人类最好的发明。
Without invention nothing is well-spaced.
没有发明，任何东西都是不协调的。
Getting caught is the mother of invention.
被抓住是发明之母。
Women's virtue is man's greatest invention.
女人的美德是男人最伟大的发明。
When one is nothing, one invents. It fills a void.
当一个人一无所有时，他就会发明。它填补了一个空白。
Never keep a line of retreat: it is a wretched invention.
永远不要退却:这是一个可怜的发明。
Destiny is the invention of the cowardly, and the resigned.
命运是懦夫和逆来顺受者的发明。
I said I have no powers of invention. Well, I also have no powers of mimicry.
我说我没有发明的能力。我也没有模仿的能力。
An invention has to make sense in the world it finishes in, not in the world it started.
一项发明必须在它完成的世界里有意义，而不是在它开始的世界里。
Men are creatures of invention and are usually determined not to accept no for an answer.
人是创造出来的，通常不会接受否定的答案。
Inventions have long since reached their limit, and I see no hope for further development.
发明创造早已达到极限，我看不出有进一步发展的希望。
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Man's survival, from the time of Adam and Eve until the invention of agriculture, must have been precarious because of his inability to ensure his food supply.
人类的生存，从亚当和夏娃到农业的发明，一定是不稳定的，因为他不能保证他的粮食供应。
Fiction was invented the day Jonas arrived home and told his wife that he was three days late because he had been swallowed by a whale.
当乔纳斯回到家，告诉他的妻子他迟到了三天，因为他被鲸鱼吞了。
Art is an invention of aesthetics, which in turn is an invention of philosophers... What we call art is a game.
艺术是美学的发明，美学又是哲学家的发明。我们所说的艺术是一种游戏。
Markets are designed to allow individuals to look after their private needs and to pursue profit. It's really a great invention and I wouldn't under-estimate the value of that, but they're not designed to take care of social needs.
市场的设计是为了让个人照顾他们的私人需求和追求利润。这确实是一个伟大的发明，我不会低估它的价值，但它们并不是为了满足社会需求而设计的。
I have a strong sense that every project is an invention, which is not a word I hear being used in architecture courses.
我有一种强烈的感觉，每一个项目都是一种发明，而不是我在建筑学课程中听到的一个词。
Television is like the invention of indoor plumbing. It didn't change people's habits. It just kept them inside the house.
电视就像室内管道的发明。它没有改变人们的习惯。只是把他们关在房子里。