n.

1. 发明，创造[U]
   No one person can take credit for the invention of writing.

   没有一个人可以说是他单独发明了写字。

2. 发明物，创作品[C]
   The machine was his own invention.

   这台机器是他自己发明的。

3. 创造力，发明才能[U]
   An author must have invention to think up new ideas for stories.

   作家必须具有为故事构思新意的创造力。

4. 捏造，虚构[C][U]
   That rumor was the old gossip's own invention.

   那个谣言是那个爱说闲话的老家伙自己编出来的。

n.

1. the action of inventing.
   ▸something, typically a process or device, that has been invented.
   ▸a fabricated story.
2. creative ability:
   his powers of invention were rather limited.