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.
This was patent nonsense.
这显然是一派胡言。
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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.
P&G applied for a patent on its invention.
宝洁公司为其发明申请了专利。
He held a number of patents for his many innovations.
他持有多项革新的专利权。
It sued Centrocorp for patent infringement.
它状告成港公司侵犯其专利权。 。
patents , patenting , patented
If you patent something, you obtain a patent for it.
He patented the idea that the atom could be split.
他得到了原子可以分裂这一概念的专利。
The invention has been patented by the university.
那项发明已经被那所大学申请了专利。
a patented machine called the VCR II.
一台称为VCR II的专利机器。