考研英语高频词汇
invention n.发明，创造；发明之
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真题复现1：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.（1993年text3P1）
真题翻译：当一项发明被创造出来时，发明者有三种可能的行动：他可以将发明公之于众，保守秘密，或者申请专利。
真题复现2：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.（1993年text3P2）
真题翻译：一项被授予的专利是发明者和国家达成协议的结果，根据协议，发明者获得有限的垄断期，并在该期结束后向公众公布其发明的全部细节。
真题复现3：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.
（2019年英语一text3P1）
真题翻译：甚至在电灯泡发明之前，作者就已经创作了一部出色的推理小说，这部小说预示了未来技术将引发的许多伦理问题。
