1.invent v. 发明，创造
指通过研究、思考等制造出前所未有之物，多用于科技领域。
Who invented the printer?
谁发明了打印机？
Who invented the steam engine?
谁发明了蒸汽机？
He didn't know when the telephone was invented.
他不知道电话是什么时候发明的。
He invented the first electric clock.
他发明了第一个电动机械钟。
He invented a new game, but it never really caught on.
他发明了一种新的游戏，但从未真正流行起来。
Ben Franklin, one of America's founding fathers, didn't just invent the lightning rod.
美国开国元勋之一本杰明·富兰克林不仅仅发明了避雷针。
Our forefathers were the first to invent gunpowder.
我们的祖先最先发明了火药。
The company is credited with inventing the industrial robot.
发明工业机器人是那家公司的功劳。
Edison had a remarkable aptitude for inventing new things.
爱迪生具有发明创造的非凡才能。
He is credited with inventing the first true helicopter.
他被认为是发明第一架真正的直升机的人。
Telegraph was invented by Samuel Morse in 1844.
1844年塞缪尔·莫尔斯发明了电报。
2.create v. 创造，创建；塑造，营造
指创造出以前并不存在的新事物。（大多是比较抽象的事物）
The government plans to create more jobs for young people.
政府计划为年轻人创造更多的就业机会。
The government planned to create more than 200 new jobs.
政府计划创造二百多个新的就业机会。
The government yesterday announced to the media plans to create a million new jobs.
政府在昨天向媒体宣布了创造一百万个新工作的计划。
We set business free to create more jobs in Britain.
我们放开对企业的限制以便在英国创造更多的就业机会。
The main purpose of industry is to create wealth.
工业的主要宗旨是创造财富。
He created a new kind of game.
他发明了一种新游戏。
Scientists disagree about how the universe was created.
科学家对宇宙是怎样形成的有分歧。
Create a new directory and put all your files into it.
创建一个新的目录，然后把你所有的文件都放进去。
The company is trying to create a young energetic image.
这家公司正试图塑造一个充满活力的年轻形象。
The announcement only succeeded in creating confusion.
那通告反而引起了混乱。
They've painted it red to create a feeling of warmth.
他们把它刷成红色以造成一种温暖的感觉。
We need to create a climate in which business can prosper.
我们需要创造一个有利于生意兴隆的环境气氛。
Use music and lighting to create a romantic atmosphere.
用音乐和照明创造一种浪漫的气氛。
Mellow music and lighting helped to create the right atmosphere.
柔和的音乐和灯光衬托出了适宜的氛围。
They have created an environment in which productivity should flourish.
他们创造了一种可以大大提高生产力的环境。
They've painted it red to create a feeling of warmth.
他们把它刷成红色以造成一种温暖的感觉。
Bell's flick into the penalty area helped to create the goal.
贝尔迅速插进禁区助攻，创造了这次进球的机会。
Three colleges have come together to create a new university.
三所学院合并成了一所新的大学。
The purpose of industry is to create wealth.
勤劳的目的是致富。
The building work is creating constant noise, dust and disturbance.
建筑施工不断制造噪音、灰尘和干扰。
His resignation has created a vacuum which cannot easily be filled.
他的引退造成了难以填补的空白。
3.devise v. 发明；设计；想出
to invent sth new or a new way of doing sth
指设计、想出做某事的新方法、方案、流程、目标、计划、计策、体制等
A new system has been devised to control traffic in the city.
控制城市交通的新系统已经设计出来。
He devised a method to ease the traffic jams in the city.
他发明出一种缓解该市交通拥堵的方法。
Experts are trying to devise ways to clean up the huge slick.
专家们正想方设法清除这片面积巨大的浮油。
He devised a way of coding every statement uniquely
他设计了一种把每句话进行独特编码的方法。
It was the country's rulers who devised this system
是该国的执政者创造了这一体制。
Military strategists had devised a plan that guaranteed a series of stunning victories.
军事战略家们制订出的计划确保了一连串的辉煌胜利。
New long-range objectives must be devised.
必须规划出新的长期目标。
We devised a scheme to help him
我们想出了一个帮他的计策。
It is not easy to devise means.
筹措维艰。
He has devised a process for making gold wires which neither corrode nor oxidise
他设计了一种能够避免腐蚀或氧化的金丝制作流程。
Besides diets, he devised punishing exercise routines.
除了节制饮食，他还设计了魔鬼健身计划。
Galton devised a method of creating composite pictures in which the features of different faces were superimposed over one another.
高尔顿发明了一种把不同人的五官相互叠加在一起的制作合成照片的方法。