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inventory something
动词 inventory 后直接接被清点的对象。
The team inventoried the warehouse contents.
团队清点了仓库里的物品。
盘点；清查存货；编制清单
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
盘点；清查存货；编制清单
To make a complete list of the goods or items available; to take stock of what is on hand.
The team inventoried the warehouse contents.
团队清点了仓库里的物品。
清点现有资源或物品；编制清单。
To take stock of the resources or items on hand; to produce an inventory.
inventory
Base
原形
inventories
3rd person
第三人称单数
inventorying
-ing
现在分词
inventoried
Past
过去式
inventoried
Past participle
过去分词
The company inventories its stock every month.
这家公司每月清点一次存货。
She inventoried all the items in the warehouse yesterday.
她昨天清点了仓库里所有的物品。
We are inventorying the new shipment right now.
我们正在清点新到的货物。
The warehouse manager inventoried all the supplies last week.
仓库经理上周清点了所有供应品。
She inventories the stock every month to avoid shortages.
她每个月盘点库存以避免短缺。
We are inventorying the new shipment before putting it on the shelves.
我们正在清点新到的货物，然后才上架。
动词 inventory 后直接接被清点的对象。
The team inventoried the warehouse contents.
团队清点了仓库里的物品。
被动语态常见于正式盘存记录中。
All supplies were inventoried yesterday.
所有供应品昨天已清点完毕。
Not this
We need to invent the warehouse before the next shipment.
Use this
We need to inventory the warehouse before the next shipment.
“invent”意为发明创造，而“inventory”作动词表示清点存货。两者拼写相近但含义不同，使用时需区分。
Not this
We inventoried of all the items in the store.
Use this
We inventoried all the items in the store.
动词“inventory”是及物动词，后直接跟宾语，不应加介词“of”。“of”用于名词形式“inventory of”中。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
盘点库存
The store closes once a month to inventory stock.
这家商店每月关门一次以盘点库存。
清点物品
She inventoried all items in the donation box.
她清点了捐赠箱中的所有物品。
清点仓库
Workers inventoried the warehouse before the audit.
工人们在审计前清点了仓库。
清点供应品
The team inventoried office supplies last week.
团队上周清点了办公供应品。
盘点资产
The company inventories its assets annually.
公司每年盘点其资产。
清点货物
They inventoried all goods arriving at the port.
他们清点了所有到达港口的货物。
Use inventory naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
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记忆：inventory = in（进入）+ vent（通风口）+ ory（地方），想象在仓库通风口处清点存货清单。
混合；常用于商业、物流等正式场景，也可用于个人物品清点，如整理衣柜。
Words sharing the '-tory' spelling: story, territory, laboratory rhyme with inventory (stressed vowel /ɔ/). History, factory, victory are spelling lookalikes but have a schwa /ə/ instead of /ɔ/.
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