imagination

英[ɪˌmædʒɪˈneɪʃn]
美[ɪˌmædʒɪˈneɪʃn]

基本释义

  • n.想象(力); 幻想物; 创造力

词性变化

实用例句

Her tight-fitting dress left nothing to the imagination.

她的紧身连衣裙令身材显露无遗。

牛津词典

With a little imagination , you could turn this place into a palace.

稍微动点脑筋,就能把这个地方变得富丽堂皇。

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His writing lacks imagination.

他的作品缺乏想象。

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Is it my imagination or have you lost a lot of weight?

是我的错觉,还是你确实瘦了许多?

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She was no longer able to distinguish between imagination and reality.

她再也不能分清幻想和现实了。

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(informal) Use your imagination! (= used to tell sb that they will have to guess the answer to the question they have asked you, usually because it is obvious or embarrassing)

你自己动动脑筋嘛!

牛津词典

Nobody hates you─it's all in your imagination .

没人讨厌你——都是你在胡思乱想。

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The new policies appear to have caught the imagination of the public (= they find them interesting and exciting) .

新出台的政策似乎恰恰投合了公众的喜好。

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Don't let your imagination run away with you (= don't use too much imagination) .

不要一味凭空想象。

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I won't tell you his reaction ─I'll leave that to your imagination .

我不告诉你他的反应,你自己去想好了。

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It doesn't take much imagination to guess what she meant.

不难猜出她的意思。

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He's got no imagination.

他缺乏想象力。

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a vivid/fertile imagination

生动的 / 丰富的想象

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Their films are exciting and really stretch the imagination.

他们的电影非常精彩且发人深省。

Italian football captured the imagination of the nation last season.

上个赛季意大利足球吸引了全国上下的注意。

Long before I ever went there, Africa was alive in my imagination.

早在我真正踏足之前很久,非洲就已在我的脑海中活灵活现了。

Alistair had a logical mind, and little imagination...

阿利斯泰尔逻辑思维能力很强,但缺乏想象力。

Antonia is a woman with a vivid imagination...

安东尼娅是个想象力丰富的女人。

Her pains are mostly pure imagination.

她的疼痛多半是纯粹想像出来的东西.

《简明英汉词典》

The novel " Pilgrimage to the West'shows plenty of imagination.

小说《西游记》表现出丰富的想像力.

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The Romantics believed that the life of the imagination was intrinsically valuable.

浪漫主义作家认为想像的生命力本身就很重要.

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The writer's imagination seems to have dried up.

这位作家的想像力好像己经枯竭了.

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真题例句

But when a grassy area was planted with bushes, the children got much more into fantasy play, and the social hierarchy was now based on imagination and creativity.

出自-2010年12月阅读原文

Your creative imagination is what you use to make sense of your experiences.

出自-2012年6月听力原文

Space exploration has always been the province of dreamers: The human imagination readily soars where human ingenuity (创造力)struggles to follow.

出自-2013年12月阅读原文

imagination is the mother of invention

出自-2013年12月阅读原文

They rely heavily on their own imagination.

出自-2010年12月听力原文

In a statement on its website, the company says it wants Barbies to look more like real people and to give girls everywhere infinitely more ways that spark their imagination and play out their stories.

2017年12月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section B

Research shows this is not just imagination.

2017年6月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section C

Usually my imagination has moved on and I can think of different contexts or a different way to do it.

2017年6月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section A

Another group built something out of their own imaginations.

2016年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

Scott's last journey, completed as he lay in a tent dying of cold and hunger, caught the world's imagination, and a film made in his honor drew crowds.

2016年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

She had rich imagination and she was brave.

2018年高考英语天津卷 答案 答案

Some were a reflection of people's imagination.

2015年高考英语上海卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

I do completely agree that fears are just the product of our luxuriant imagination.

2015年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

In our rapidly changing economy, we more than ever need people in the workplace who can take initiative and exercise their imagination "to respond to unexpected events".

2014年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

In the popular imagination, of course, guilt still gets a bad rap.

2019年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Looking around, I despaired at the singular lack of imagination about girls' lives and interests.

2012年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

英英释义

Noun
  • 1. the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses;

    "popular imagination created a world of demons"

    "imagination reveals what the world could be"

  • 2. the ability to form mental images of things or events;

    "he could still hear her in his imagination"

  • 3. the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems;

    "a man of resource"

同义词辨析

imagination, fancy, fantasy

这些名词均含有"想象,幻想"之意。

  • imagination: 含义广,一般不含贬义。可指认真、带有启发性的想象,也可指凭记忆的想象或凭空想象事物的能力。
  • fancy: 指脱离实际的幻想或幻想力,常暗含所想象的东西近乎怪诞的意味。
  • fantasy: 指与现实完全脱节,荒诞离谱、稀奇古怪的想象。