1、invention

發明物;創造的事物

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

推廣他的新發明一直是件棘手的事情。

The spinning wheel was a Chinese invention.

紡車是中國人的發明。

發明;創造

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

印刷機發明以后的 50 年間,有 800 多萬冊圖書被印刷。

the invention of the telephone.

電話的發明

捏造;虛構

In these and several other respects, there are many inventions and exaggerations.

在這些方面和其他幾個方面都存在許多捏造與夸張之處。

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

這個故事當然特別受歡迎,但它無疑純屬虛構。

2、turn around

(使)調轉方向;(使)轉向

Bud turned the truck around, and started back for Dalton Pond.

巴德把卡車掉頭，開始返回多爾頓池。

He had reached over to turn round a bottle of champagne so that the label didn't show.

他伸手把香檳轉了一下，這樣它的商標就不會露出來。

(使)復蘇;(使)好轉

Turning the company around won't be easy.

盤活那家公司絕非易事。

In his long career at BP, Horton turned around two entire divisions.

霍頓在英國石油公司漫長的職業生涯中曾經讓兩個部門整體上起死回生。