英汉词典

imagination 基本解释

• n. [心理] 想象力；空想；幻想物

imagination 词态变化

imagination 中文词源

来自imagine,想象。

imagination 英文词源

imagination (n.)

"faculty of the mind which forms and manipulates images," mid-14c., ymaginacion, from Old French imaginacion "concept, mental picture; hallucination," from Latin imaginationem (nominative imaginatio) "imagination, a fancy," noun of action from past participle stem of imaginari (see imagine).

imagination 英文释义

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"

imagination 同义词解析

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。

imagination 双语例句

1. A child may not differentiate between his imagination and the real world.

儿童可能无法将自己的幻想与真实世界区分开来。

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2. A conservatory offers the perfect excuse to let your imagination run riot.

音乐学院让你有充分的理由任想象力自由驰骋。

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3. These poems have helped kindle the imagination of generations of children.

这些诗激发了一代又一代孩子的想象力。

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4. Powell let his libidinous imagination run away with him.

鲍威尔淫心顿起，浮想联翩。

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5. 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。

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imagination 实用场景例句

Her tight-fitting dress left nothing to the imagination.

她的紧身连衣裙令身材显露无遗。

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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！

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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。

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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。

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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。

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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。

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Antonia is a woman with a vivid imagination...

安东尼娅是个想象力丰富的女人。

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Her pains are mostly pure imagination.

她的疼痛多半是纯粹想像出来的东西.

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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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