Everyone gets ideas. But to say you're an inventor sounds like a narrow concept, as if you only dabble in chemistry sets.
每个人都有想法，但说你是个发明家，听起来像是个很狭窄的概念，貌似你只会和化学仪器打交道。The final test is to ask whether a prediction is compelling enough to become self-fulfilling, by inspiring inventors to implement it.
最后一个测试需要去问这样的问题：是否一个预言能够足以令人信服甚至启迪发明家的灵感去完善它从而达到自我实现。The Bank will evoke the memory of the inventor James Watt and his Birmingham business partner, Matthew Boulton on the new note.
英格兰银行将在新版钞票上唤起对发明家詹姆斯·瓦特和他的伯明翰商业伙伴马修·博尔顿的回忆。While these ideas may not work at least scientists, politicians and other innovators are beginning to explore alternatives.
科学家们自然对这些想法不感冒，所以那些政治家和其它发明家们就开始另辟蹊径。Thomas Edison was one of the greatest inventors who invented a lot of things in his life.
托马斯？爱迪生是一位一生中发明了许多东西的伟大发明家。An inventor in Tokyo recently came out with a miniature telephone.
东京的一个发明家发明了一款微型电话。Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. ---Benjamin Franklin, American statesman, author, and inventor.
早睡早起使人健康、富裕又聪明---本杰明。富兰克林，美国政治家，作家和发明家。The inventor is excited, and he is going to try out his new machine. His idea sounds fine, but we need to try it out in practice.
这位发明家很兴奋，他要试一下他的新机器。他的主意听起来不错，但我们要在实践中试验一下。Edison was one of the greatest inventors that ever lived.
爱迪生是曾经有过的最伟大的发明家之一。