1、invent

发明;创造;首创

He invented the first electric clock.

他发明了第一个电动机械钟。

Writing had not been invented as yet.

书写体系当时还没有创造出来。

编造;捏造;虚构

I stood still, trying to invent a plausible excuse.

我站着不动,试图编个说得过去的借口。

2、pick on

找…的岔子；故意刁难

Bullies pick on younger children.

坏孩子专挑年纪更小的孩子欺负。

Mr Adams was repeatedly bullied and picked on by manageress Elizabeth Archer.

女经理伊丽莎白·阿彻多次胁迫和刁难亚当斯先生。

挑中；选中

When you have made up your mind, pick on a day when you will not be under much stress.

你什么时候下决心了，就挑一个压力不大的日子。

I picked on simple things — rice and peas, meat and bread.

我选了些简单的：豌豆米饭和夹肉面包。

3、performance

表演；演出

Inside the theatre, they were giving a performance of Bizet's Carmen.

在剧院里，他们正在演出比才的作品《卡门》。

her performance as the betrayed Medea.

她所演绎的遭人背叛的美狄亚

表现；业绩；性能；运行情况

That study looked at the performance of 18 surgeons.

那项研究调查了18名外科医生的工作表现。

The poor performance has been blamed on the recession and cheaper sports car imports.

业绩不佳的原因被归咎于经济衰退和低价跑车的进口。

执行；履行；做

He devoted in excess of seventy hours a week to the performance of his duties.

为了完成任务，他每周工作70多个小时。

The people believe that the performance of this ritual is the will of the Great Spirit.

该部族的人认为举行这种仪式是大神的意志。