Last April, for example, the justices signaled that too many patents were being upheld for "inventions" that are obvious.
例如，去年四月，法官们表示，太多专利被维持有效，而这些专利所涉及的"发明"实际上是显而易见的。
Their distrust of new inventions.
他们对新发明的不信任。
After writing two books about the history of inventions, one thing I've learnt is that while it is the enchantingly sophisticated technologies that get all the hype, it's the cheap technologies that change the world.
在写了两本关于发明历史的书之后，我学到的一件事是，虽然那些迷人而复杂的科技总能引起轰动，但真正改变世界的却是那些廉价的科技。
are one of the world's most significant inventions
是世界上最重大的发明之一
Sophisticated technology develops from small inventions
先进的技术源于小发明
例句取自历年考研英语真题，翻译为机器生成，仅供学习参考。