发明

我们的祖先最先发明了火药。

Our forefathers were the first to invent gunpowder .

美国开国元勋之一本杰明·富兰克林不仅仅发明了避雷针。

Ben Franklin , one of America 's founding fathers , didn 't just invent the lightning rod .

通常认为，阿拉伯人发明了蒸馏法。

The Arabs are usually accredited with the discovery of distillation .

传真机在当时是一项了不起的发明。

Fax machines were a wonderful invention at the time .

发明工业机器人是那家公司的功劳。

The company is credited with inventing the industrial robot .

某些科学发明被滥用来生产毁灭性武器。

Some scientific discoveries have been perverted to create weapons of destruction .

工业机器人的发明应归功于那家公司。

The invention of the industrial robot is credited to the company .

他被认为是发明第一架真正的直升机的人。

He is credited with inventing the first true helicopter .

他发明了一种新的游戏，但从未真正流行起来。

He invented a new game , but it never really caught on .

自从发明了印刷机，这种变革还没有出现过。

Such changes have not been seen since the invention of the printing press .

世界语是作为辅助语发明的。

Esperanto was invented as an auxiliary language .

通常认为，蒸馏法是阿拉伯人在11世纪发明的。

The discovery of distillation is usually accredited to the Arabs of the 11th century .

他的发明从赢利角度看并不成功。

His invention was not commercially successful .

谁发明了蒸汽机？

Who invented the steam engine ?

据说是他发明了观赏名人这项活动。

He is said to have invented the sport of celebrity-watching .

推广他的新发明一直是件棘手的事情。

It 's been a tricky business marketing his new invention

他拥有多项发明的专利权。

He held a number of patents for his many innovations

他因发明了神奇的视听效果而出名。

He became famous as an inventor of astonishing visual and aural effects .

那项发明已被那所大学申请了专利。

The invention has been patented by the university .

这是有史以来发明出的最受欢迎的球类运动。

This is the most popular ball game ever devised

这项新发明能保证啤酒始终保持丰富的泡沫。

The new invention ensures the beer keeps a full , frothy head .

那时他们还没有发明出测序仪，是吧？

They hadn 't invented sequencers back in those days , had they ?

纺车是中国人的发明。

The spinning wheel was a Chinese invention .

奥尔教授发明了用现有实验室激光设备给化学分子做记号的种种有趣的办法。

Professor Orr has developed interesting ways of tagging chemical molecules using existing laboratory lasers

1951年发明的转缸式发动机是内燃机领域内的革命性概念。

Invented in 1951 , the rotary engine is a revolutionary concept in internal combustion

他们衣着简朴，不使用那些现代的发明物。

They wear simple clothes and shun modern contrivances

他们现在正在新发明胜利俱乐部开两周一次的例会。

They are now holding their fortnightly meetings at The New Invention Victory Club .

他发明了第一个电动机械钟。

He invented the first electric clock

自从发明了口服疫苗后，令人痛苦的伤寒疫苗注射就成为了过去。

Painful typhoid injections are a thing of the past , thanks to the introduction of an oral vaccine

印刷机发明以后的50年间，有800多万册图书被印刷。

More than eight million books were printed within fifty years after the invention of the printing press .