考研Some attributed virtually every important cultural achievement to the inventions of a few, especially gifted peoples that, according to diffusionists, then spread to other cultures.

一些人把几乎每一项重要的文化成就都归因于少数民族的发明，特别是有天赋的民族的发明，根据扩散论者的说法，这些发明随后传播到其他文化中。

2009年考研阅读原文

六级E) The application essay, along with its mythical importance, is a recent invention.

E） 申请论文，连同它神话般的重要性，是最近的一项发明。

2013年12月阅读原文

考研Other anthropologists believed that cultural innovations, such as inventions, had a single origin and passed from society to society.

其他人类学家认为，文化创新，如发明，有一个单一的起源，并从一个社会传递到另一个社会。

2009年考研阅读原文

六级Smith touches on construction methods, the revolutionary invention of the automatic lift, the practicalities of living in the sky and the likelihood that, as cities become more crowded, apartment living will become the norm.

史密斯谈到了建筑方法、自动电梯的革命性发明、生活在空中的实用性，以及随着城市变得更加拥挤，公寓式生活将成为常态的可能性。

2013年6月阅读原文

考研Last April, for example the justices signaled that too many patents were being upheld for “inventions” that are obvious.

例如，去年4月，大法官们表示，太多的专利因显而易见的“发明”而得到支持。

2010年考研阅读原文

考研Last April, for example, the justices signaled that too many patents were being upheld for "inventions" that are obvious.

例如，去年4月，大法官们表示，太多的专利因显而易见的“发明”而得到支持。

2010年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

六级He becomes an inventor and sells his inventions in order to attend the university.

他成为一名发明家，为了上大学而出售他的发明。

2013年6月听力原文

考研Even before the invention of the electric light bulb, the author produced a remarkable work of speculative fiction that would foreshadow many ethical questions to be raised by technologies yet to come.

甚至在发明电灯泡之前，作者就创作了一部出色的推理小说，这部小说预示着未来技术将提出许多伦理问题。

2019年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

考研Mental health is the source of creativity for solving problems, resolving conflict, making our surroundings more beautiful,managing our home life, or coming up with a creative business idea or invention to make our lives easier.

心理健康是解决问题、解决冲突、使我们的环境更美丽、管理我们的家庭生活或提出创造性的商业想法或发明以使我们的生活更轻松的创造力的源泉。

2016年考研翻译原文

六级with the benefit of hindsight, it looks like the Internet will transform the economy at something like the pace of other great inventions like electricity.

事后看来，互联网将以类似于电力等其他伟大发明的速度改变经济。

2019年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

高考By the time she was 13, her company was worth millions of dollars with the invention of a super-sweet treat that could save kids' teeth, instead of destroying them.

在她13岁的时候，她的公司发明了一种超级甜食，可以挽救孩子们的牙齿，而不是破坏他们的牙齿，价值数百万美元。

2019年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

四级Their invention is a small biological circuit they call E-Kaia.

他们的发明是一种称为E-Kaia的小型生物电路。

2016年12月四级真题（第二套）听力

四级Why does the author mention Kodak's invention of the first digital camera

为什么作者提到柯达发明了第一台数码相机

2013年6月阅读原文

六级Capitalism turned printing from an invention into an industry.

资本主义把印刷从一项发明变成了一种工业。

2017年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section B

六级In the chapter on skyscrapers, for example, Mr. Smith touches on construction methods, the revolutionary invention of the automatic lift, the practicalities of living in the sky and the likelihood that, as cities become more crowded, apartment living will become the norm.

例如，在关于摩天大楼的章节中，史密斯先生谈到了建筑方法、自动电梯的革命性发明、生活在空中的实用性以及随着城市变得更加拥挤，公寓式生活将成为常态的可能性。

2013年6月阅读原文

高考The little problems that we meet in our daily lives may be inspirations for great inventions.

我们在日常生活中遇到的小问题可能是伟大发明的灵感来源。

2017年高考英语北京卷 单项填空 原文

六级Farmers have a long history of invention and is no different today.

农民有着悠久的发明历史，今天也不例外。

2019年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section B

六级In the chapter on skyscrapers, for example, Mr. Smith touches on construction methods, the revolutionary invention of the automatic lift, the practicalities of living in the sky and the likelihood that, as cities become more crowded, apartment living will become the norm.

例如，在关于摩天大楼的一章中，史密斯先生谈到了建筑方法、自动电梯的革命性发明、在空中生活的实用性，以及随着城市变得更加拥挤，公寓生活将成为常态的可能性。

2015年6月大学英语六级考试真题（三）

六级The next breakthrough came in 2000, when Google figured out how to make money with its invention.

下一个突破出现在2000年，当时谷歌发现了如何利用其发明赚钱。

2007年6月英语六级真题

四级You have no time to consider the effect which your discoveries or inventions may have outside the field of medicine.

你没有时间考虑你的发现或发明在医学领域之外可能产生的影响。

1995年1月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级Statuses are marvelous human inventions that enable us to get along with one another and to determine where we “fit” in society.

雕像是了不起的人类发明，使我们能够相互相处，并决定我们在社会中的“位置”。

1997年1月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级The invention of the fridge contributed comparatively little to the art of food preservation.

冰箱的发明对食品保存艺术的贡献相对较小。

1997年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级Surprisingly, since modern PR was largely an American invention, the U. S. leadership in public relations is being threatened by PR efforts in other countries.

令人惊讶的是，由于现代公关在很大程度上是美国的发明，美国在公共关系方面的领导地位正受到其他国家公关努力的威胁。

1999年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级Because toys can be generally regarded as a kind of art form, they have not been subject to technological leaps that characterize inventions for adult use.

因为玩具通常可以被视为一种艺术形式，所以它们没有受到成人使用发明的技术飞跃的影响。

1999年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级Potato chips are an American invention, but most Chinese, for instance, do not know than Frito-Lay is an American company.

薯片是美国人的发明，但大多数中国人，例如，不知道菲多利是一家美国公司。

2005年12月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级The rise of the Internet has been one of the most transformative developments in human history, comparable in impact to the invention of the printing press and the telegraph.

互联网的兴起是人类历史上最具变革性的发展之一，其影响堪比印刷机和电报机的发明。

2014年12月大学英语四级考试真题（第3套)

考研When an invention is made, the inventor has three possible courses of action open to him: he can give the invention to the world by publishing it, keep the idea secret, or patent it.

当一项发明被创造出来时，发明人有三种可能的行动方案：他可以通过出版将发明带给世界，对其想法保密，或者为其申请专利。

1993年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研A granted patent is the result of a bargain struck between an inventor and the state, by which the inventor gets a limited period of monopoly (垄断) and publishes full details of his invention to the public after that period terminates.

授予的专利是发明人与国家达成协议的结果，通过该协议，发明人获得有限的垄断期(垄断) 并在该期限结束后向公众公布其发明的全部细节。

1993年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研The longest extension ever granted was to Georges Valensi; his 1939 patent for color TV receiver circuitry was extended until 1971 because for most of the patent’s normal life there was no color TV to receive and thus no hope of reward for the invention.

有史以来延期时间最长的是乔治·瓦伦西；他1939年的彩色电视接收机电路专利被延长到1971年，因为在该专利的大部分正常使用寿命中，没有彩色电视可供接收，因此这项发明没有回报的希望。

1993年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研Anyone closely involved in patents and inventions soon learns that most “new ideas” are, in fact, as old as the hills.

任何与专利和发明密切相关的人都会很快了解到，事实上，大多数“新想法”都是古老的。

1993年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研Inventions and innovations almost always come out of laborious trial and error.

发明和创新几乎总是来自费力的试错。

1994年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研“In short”, a leader of the new school contends, “the scientific revolution, as we call it, was largely the improvement and invention and use of a series of instruments that expanded the reach of science in innumerable directions.

“简而言之”，新学派的一位领导人认为，“我们所称的科学革命，在很大程度上是一系列仪器的改进、发明和使用，这些仪器将科学的范围扩大到了无数个方向。

1994年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研What accounts for the great outburst of major inventions in early America— breakthroughs such as the telegraph, the steamboat and the weaving machine?

是什么导致了早期美国重大发明的大爆发——比如电报、汽船和织机的突破？

1996年全国攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题

考研A further stimulus to invention came from the “premium system, which preceded our patent system and for years ran parallel with it.

对发明的进一步刺激来自“溢价制度”，它先于我们的专利制度，多年来与之并行。

1996年全国攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题

考研He was willing to assert that “I have a fair share of invention, and of common sense or judgment, such as every fairly successful lawyer or doctor must have, but not, I believe, in any higher degree.

他愿意断言，“我有相当一部分的发明、常识或判断，就像每一位相当成功的律师或医生都必须拥有的一样，但我相信，没有更高的程度。

2008年全国硕士研究生招生考试英语试题