very foolish, very innocent; this phrase became popular because it was similar to 很黄,很暴力; Hong Kong star Gillian Chung said it during a news conference (to explain and apologize for the pornographic photos of her with Edison Chen that were made public)
They accredit the invention to Edison.=They accredit Edison with the invention.
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他们认定那是爱迪生发明的.
I think one year hence the public will have forgotten Edison Chen's scandal.
我认为一年后,公众会忘记陈冠希的丑闻。
Edison invented the phonograph and made improvement to many things.
爱迪生发明了留声机,并且改进了多项发明。
They bid on an antique telephone made by Thomas Edison.
他们投标由托马斯爱迪生制作的古董电话。
Competitors soon marketed knockoffs--most Redmanol and Condensite, which Thomas Edison used in a failed attempt to dominate the nascent recording industry with ' unbreakable ' phonograph disks.
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