Capitalism turned printing from an invention into an industry.
资本主义把印刷从一项发明变成了一个产业。
T. H. Breen argued that the consumer boycott was a brilliantly original American invention.
T.H.Breen认为，消费者抵制运动是美国的一项杰出发明。
That invention was the arch, a curved structure originally made of separate stone or brick segments.
这一发明就是拱门，一种最初由分段的石头或砖块组成的弧形结构。
Before the invention of television, people spent their leisure time in more active and social pursuits.
在电视发明之前，人们会把空闲时间花在更积极的消遣和社会活动上。
Before the invention of the fork, etiquette directed that the fingers should be kept as clean as possible.
在叉子发明之前，礼仪要求手指要尽可能保持干净。
After its invention, it became an almost indispensable part of most households within the space of just a few years.
它在被发明后的短短几年时间里几乎成为了大多数家庭不可或缺的一部分。
In the 15th century, Johannes Guttenberg's invention of the printing press in Europe had a huge impact on civilization.
15世纪，约翰内斯·古滕贝格在欧洲发明的印刷机对文明产生了巨大的影响。
Perceptions of the visible world were greatly altered by the invention of photography in the middle of the nineteenth century.
在19世纪中叶，摄影术的发明极大地改变了人们对可见世界的感知。
When the Lumière Brothers and other pioneers began showing off this new invention, it was by no means obvious how it would be used.
当卢米埃尔兄弟和其他先驱们开始展示这项新发明时，人们根本不知道它该如何使用。
Mr. Prance hopes that his invention will not merely be more comfortable than today's electrode-based detectors, but will also be able to do new things.
Prance 先生希望他的发明不仅仅是比现代基于电极的探测器更舒适，而且还能做一些新的事情。
He was deeply interested in science and natural history and his experiments with electricity and lightning led directly to the invention of the lightning rod.
他对科学和自然史非常感兴趣，且他对电和闪电的实验直接推动了避雷针的发明。
By the time she was 13, her company was worth millions of dollars with the invention of a super-sweet treat that could save kids' teeth, instead of destroying them.
在她13岁的时候，她的公司市值就达到了数百万美元，因为公司发明了一种超级甜食，不仅不会破坏孩子们的牙齿，而且对其有利。
This is still a relatively new way of communication—something that has a huge amount of potential—but also, as with any invention, it brings with it a new set of problems.
这仍然是一种相对较新的交流方式——一种有巨大潜力的方式——但与其他发明一样，它也带来了一系列新的问题。
Regretting that "such a wonderful invention" had arrived so late in his lifetime, he still took lessons in daguerreotyping, and both commissioned and collected photographs.
他为这么晚才发现这“如此美妙的发明”感到遗憾，但还是学习了银版照相的课程，并委托他人拍摄和收集照片。
The rise of the Internet has been one of the most transformative developments in human history, comparable in impact to the invention of the printing press and the telegraph.
互联网的兴起是人类历史上最具变革性的发展之一，其影响堪比印刷机和电报的发明。
John was full of invention—always making up new dance steps and sequences.
约翰有丰富的创造力—总能编出新的舞步和连续舞步。
Perhaps, with such powers of invention and mathematical ability, he will be offered a job in computers.
或许，拥有这样的创造能力和数学才能，他会得到一份计算机方面的工作。
He was willing to assert that "I have a fair share of invention, and of common sense or judgment, such as every fairly successful lawyer or doctor must have, but not, I believe, in any higher degree."
他也乐意承认“如每位成功的律师和医生必须具备的素质一样，我具备相当的创造力、常识和判断力，但我认为自己这些能力并不比他们强”。
多么智能的发明啊！
For modern society, the computer is a great invention.
对现代社会来说，电脑是一项伟大的发明。
The invention of the Internet has changed the world greatly.
互联网的发明极大地改变了世界。
Anna thought that the high-speed railway was the greatest invention.
安娜认为高速铁路是最伟大的发明。
Thanks to the invention of the smartphone, it's convenient to take photos anytime．
由于智能手机的发明，随时拍照很方便。
Electric cars may seem like a recent invention, but they've been around for years.
电动汽车似乎是最近才发明的，但它们其实已经存在很多年了。
A year later, he was leading a team of 100 scientists and engineers working on the invention.
一年后，他领导了一个由100名科学家和工程师所组成的团队，致力于这项发明。
That changed in the thirteenth century when Europeans learned about a very useful Chinese invention: paper.
这种情况在13世纪发生了变化，当时欧洲人了解到一项非常有用的中国发明：纸。
The 24 Solar Terms is regarded as China's fifth great invention, after papermaking, printing, the compass and gunpowder.
二十四节气被认为是中国继造纸术、印刷术、指南针和火药之后的第五大发明。
It is a breakthrough comparable to our invention of the lambda sensor for the catalytic converter in 1976.
这是一个可以与我们在1976年发明的用于催化转化器的含氧传感器相媲美的突破。
Edison is credited with the invention of the phonograph.
留声机的发明应归功于爱迪生。
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