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单词 inspiration
释义
inspiration
noun
uk
/ˌɪn.spɪˈreɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌɪn.spəˈreɪ.ʃən/

inspirationnoun(IDEAS)

B2[CorU]
someone or something that gives youideasfor doing something:
给人以灵感的人（或物）
Thegoldenautumnlightprovidedthe inspirationforthepainting.秋天金色的阳光给这幅画的创作带来了灵感。
He went tochurch,perhapsseekingdivineinspiration.他去做礼拜，也许为的是寻找神的启示。
C2[C]
asuddengoodidea:
灵感；突然想出的好主意
Hehadan inspiration - why notapplyfor somegovernmentmoney?他突然想到一个好主意——为什么不去申请一些政府资金呢？
More examples
  • Theideacame to her in aflashof inspiration.
  • What wasyourinspiration for the newdesigns?
  • Theartisttook his inspiration fromAfricanart.
  • Hedrewmuch inspiration fromartproducedbychildrenand byprimitivecultures.
  • In the 1990s heturnedto Brazilianmusicfor inspiration.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Inspiration and inspiring
  • anti-creative
  • apostolic
  • blue-sky
  • breathe
  • breathe (new) life into sthidiom
  • creative
  • creativity
  • engage
  • enthral
  • entrance
  • grip
  • incentivize
  • inspire
  • kindle
  • Promethean
  • re-engage
  • show
  • show(someone)the wayidiom
  • stimulating
  • visionary
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Ideas, concepts and theories

inspirationnoun(PERSON YOU ADMIRE)

C2[S]
someone thatpeopleadmireandwantto be like:
鼓舞人心的人
She has beenaninspirationtous all.我们所有人都从她身上得到了鼓舞。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Affecting and influencing
  • across-the-board
  • affect
  • applicability
  • be/fall undersomeone'sinfluence/spellidiom
  • bear
  • bear onsomething
  • carry
  • colour
  • instrumental
  • interinfluence
  • involve
  • jerk
  • keepsomeoneon the railsidiom
  • pen
  • shape
  • spill over
  • start(something)off
  • tastemaker
  • tell againstsomeone/something
  • thought leadership
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inspirationnoun(BREATHING IN)

[UorC]medical,biologyspecialized
theactofbreathingin, or asinglebreathin:
Bronchinormallyexpandandlengthenduring inspiration andshortenduringexpiration.
Thesealcan beheardsnortingandgurglingwith each inspiration.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Animal physiology: breathing & stopping breathing
  • aerobic
  • aerobic respiration
  • anaerobic respiration
  • asphyxia
  • asphyxiation
  • breathable
  • breathlessly
  • draw breathphrase
  • exhale
  • heave
  • puff
  • puffed (out)
  • shallow
  • sigh
  • sleep apnoea
  • smother
  • snuffle
  • strangulate
  • suffocation
  • throttle
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(Definition ofinspirationfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
inspiration
noun
uk
/ˌɪn.spɪˈreɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌɪn.spəˈreɪ.ʃən/
B2[CorU]
someone or something that gives youideasfor doing something
给人以灵感的人（或物）
Thegoldenautumnlightprovidedthe inspirationforthepainting.秋天金色的阳光给这幅画的创作带来了灵感。
He went tochurch,perhapsseekingdivineinspiration.他去做礼拜，也许为的是寻找神的启示。
C2[C]
asuddengoodidea
灵感；突然想出的好主意
Hehadan inspiration - why notapplyfor somegovernmentmoney?他突然想到一个好主意——为什么不去申请一些政府资金呢？
C2[S]
someone thatpeopleadmireandwantto be like
鼓舞人心的人
She has beenaninspirationtous all.我们所有人都从她身上得到了鼓舞。
More examples
  • Theideacame to her in aflashof inspiration.
  • What wasyourinspiration for the newdesigns?
  • Theartisttook his inspiration fromAfricanart.
  • Hedrewmuch inspiration fromartproducedbychildrenand byprimitivecultures.
  • In the 1990s heturnedto Brazilianmusicfor inspiration.

inspiration| American Dictionary

inspiration
noun[C/U]
us
/ˌɪn·spə·ˈreɪ·ʃən/
someone or something that gives youideasfor doing something:
[Cusually sing]She has been an inspiration to us all(= a goodexamplefor all).
An inspiration is also asuddengoodidea:
[+ to infinitive]She had the inspiration toturntheplayinto amusical.
(Definition ofinspirationfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofinspiration

inspiration
Osler: inspirations from a great physician.
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A problem of this size cannot be tackled by last-moment inspirations or piecemeal palliatives.
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In making such an appeal he does violence to one of the noblest passions and one of the most profound inspirations of the human race.
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Like all its inspirations, the concept can readily be improved by the application of common sense and subsidiarity.
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The key project is to help the youngsters who currently have few inspirations, little aspiration and not enough hope.
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One of the main inspirations for me in my party is the concept of one nation.
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Let us do so by reflecting our greatest human inspirations, otherwise we will seem like decision-makers who have no grasp of the reality of matters.
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In this case we see economic obscurantism going hand-in-hand with that attitude of hostility to the foreigner which is one of the main inspirations of the whole tariff movement.
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Even theinspirationbehind the art-historical origins of the decoration was of interest to him.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The song is a combination of several inspirations.
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Influences and inspirations traceable to these earlier painters can be seen in work by many contemporary artists.
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His adherence to his poetic creed rested on real inspirations.
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Naturally he recorded his inspirations and performed them for his audience, since if he did not, he could not play them again.
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He composed much poetry here and had many inspirations a few of them from opium overdose.
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The decoration, although of various inspirations, was mainly of plant motifs, but also had a profusion of medallions, heraldic devices and animal figures, among others.
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Collocationswithinspiration

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artistic inspiration
Watching the sunset at an open caf on the palm-lined seashore can be an infinite source of artistic inspirations and creativity.
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divine inspiration
The enthusiasts, who claimed to prophesy and to have directdivineinspiration, were increasingly seen in the seventeenth century as melancholies.
From theCambridge English Corpus
flash of inspiration
That was a blindingflashofinspiration.
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