someone who is the first to think of or make something
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用作名词(n.)
He is no more an inventor than an engineer.他是工程师，不是发明家。
Edison was famous as a great inventor.爱迪生以一位伟大的发明家而著名。
With modern Intellectual mechanics, only the IPR acquired by the first inventor of the most advanced technology was admitted in the society.在现代知识产权制度下，社会只承认和授予那个最早最先进技术发明创造者的知识产权，这个知识产权属于最先发明这项新技术的第一人。
