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inventive

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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++in·ven·tive /ɪnˈventɪv/ adjective  INVENTable to think of new, different, or interesting ideas 有创造力的,善于创新的 SYN creative one of the most talented and inventive drummers in modern music 现代音乐界最有才华、最有创造力的鼓手之一inventively adverbinventiveness noun [uncountable]
Examples from the Corpus
inventiveCarrington is also an inventive writer.
in·ven·tive adjectiveChineseSyllable
to interesting able ideas of new, think Corpus or different,


inventive
inventive /ɪnˈventɪv/ adjective
 Word Family: noun: invention, inventiveness, inventor; verb: invent, reinvent; adverb: inventively; adjective: inventive
able to think of new, different, or interesting ideas
   SYN  creative:
    one of the most talented and inventive drummers in modern music
—inventively adverb
—inventiveness noun [uncountable]


in·vent·iveBrE /ɪnˈventɪv/ 🔊NAmE /ɪnˈventɪv/ 🔊 adjective(especially of people 尤指人) able to think of new and interesting ideas 善于创新的;有创意的 SYN imaginative She has a highly inventive mind. 她的头脑非常善于创新。🔊🔊(of ideas 思想) new and interesting 有新意的;有创意的 in·vent·ive·ly BrE /ɪnˈventɪvli/ 🔊NAmE /ɪnˈventɪvli/ 🔊 adverb in·ven·tive·ness BrE /ɪnˈventɪvnəs/ 🔊NAmE /ɪnˈventɪvnəs/ 🔊 noun [uncountable]