0 to design and/or create something that has never been made before -- 發明，創造
1 to create a reason, excuse, story, etc. that is not true, usually to deceive someone -- 捏造，編造，虛構
I wish someone would invent an everlasting light bulb.
Pneumatic tyres were invented in 1888 by John Dunlop.
Gas lamps became obsolete when electric lighting was invented.
He has invented a wholly factitious story about his past.
She tried to save face by inventing a story about being overseas at the time.
In this view, phages could be considered as a powerful way of inventing new genes potentially beneficial to their hosts.
Admittedly, there is some interest in the proposal that alphabetical writing might first have been invented to conceal knowledge.
The courts have invented new laws, as in the new liabilities to restrain picketing during the miners' strike.
