发明的才能 meaning in Chinese
contrivance
inventiveness
Examples
- In the next place , i had no hops to make it keep , no yeast to make it work , no copper or kettle to make it boil ; and yet all these things , notwithstanding , i verily believe , had not these things interven d , i mean the frights and terrors i was in about the savages , i had undertaken it , and perhaps brought it to pass too ; for i seldom gave any thing over without accomplishing it , when i once had it in my head enough to begin it
可是，我总感到，由于受到那些野蛮的食人生番的惊吓，因而时时为自己的安全而担惊受怕。以往，为使自己的生活过得舒服，我充分发挥了创造发明的才能，但现在就无法充分发挥了。我本来有一个煞费苦心的计划，想试验一下能否把大麦制成麦芽，再用麦芽来酿起酒。