Translation of "patent" - English-Mandarin Chinese dictionary

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patentnoun

uk ​ /ˈpeɪ.tənt/ us ​ /ˈpæt.ənt/

patent noun (LEGAL RIGHT)

› [ C ] the official legal right to make or sell an invention for a particular number of years

专利权
In 1880 Alexander Graham Bell was granted a patent on an apparatus for signalling and communicating called a Photophone. 1880年，亚历山大‧格雷厄姆‧贝尔发明的用来发送和传输信号的被称作“光线电话”的装置被授予了一项专利权。
The company took out/filed a patent on a genetically engineered tomato. 该公司取得了一项转基因西红柿的专利权，这种西红柿比未经处理的西红柿保鲜时间更长。

patentadjective

uk ​ /ˈpeɪ.tənt/ /ˈpæt.ənt/ us ​ /ˈpæt.ənt/ /ˈpeɪ.tənt/

patent adjective (OBVIOUS)

› us ​ uk ​ /ˈpeɪ.tənt/ [ before noun ] formal very obvious

显然的，显而易见的
a patent lie 昭然若揭的谎言
a patent disregard of the law 对法律的公然漠视
"No," he replied, with patent distaste. “不，”他带着明显的厌恶回答道。

patent adjective (LEGAL RIGHT)

› uk ​ /ˈpeɪ.tənt/ us ​ /ˈpæt.ənt/ [ before noun ] A patent invention is protected by law so that only particular people or companies have the right to make or sell it.

专利权
a patent screwdriver 获专利的螺丝刀

(Translation of “patent” from the Cambridge English-Chinese (Simplified) Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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