patent /ˈpætənt/ star2 CET6 TEM4 (patenting,patented,patents)

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  N-COUNT（可数名词） A patent is an official right to be the only person or company allowed to make or sell a new product for a certain period of time. 专利

  例：

  P&G applied for a patent on its cookies.

  宝洁公司为其饼干申请了专利。

• 2.  

  V-T（及物动词） If you patent something, you obtain a patent for it. 得到…专利

  例：

  He patented the idea that the atom could be split.

  他得到了原子可以分裂的这个见解的专利。

• 3.  

  ADJ（形容词） You use patent to describe something, especially something bad, in order to indicate in an emphatic way that you think its nature or existence is clear and obvious. 显而易见的[强调]

  例：

  This was patent nonsense.

  这显然是一派胡言。

• 4.  

  ADV（副词） patently 显而易见地

  例：

  He made his displeasure patently obvious.

  他清楚地表明了他的不悦。

• 5.  

  ADJ（形容词） open or available for inspection (esp in the phrase letters patent) 公开的