网站首页  词典首页

请输入您要查询的英文单词：

　

单词 imagination
释义
imagination
noun
uk
/ɪˌmædʒ.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/us
/ɪˌmædʒ.əˈneɪ.ʃən/
B1[CorU]
theabilitytoformpicturesin themind:
想象力
Myyoungersonhas a veryvivid(=active)imagination.我的小儿子想象力很丰富。
I can never make upstories- I haveabsolutelyno imagination.我从来都不会编故事——我根本没什么想象力。
For somereasonthestorycaptured/caughttheimaginationofthepublic(= made them veryinterested).由于某种原因，这件事引起了公众的关注。
It couldn'tby anystretchof theimagination bedescribedas a(= it iscertainlynot a)beautifulcity.这座城市再怎么说也称不上漂亮。
There's asexscenein thefilmwhichapparentlyleavesnothing to theimagination(=showssexualpartsof thebodyveryclearly).这部电影中有一个十分露骨的性爱场面，没有留下任何想象的余地。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
imagination
  • imaginationYou’ve always had a very vivid imagination.
  • creativityThe aim of the award is to encourage creativity and innovation.
  • visionHe was a man of great vision.
  • inventivenessHis domestic designs display an unending inventiveness and account for his best work.
  • ingenuityThis housewife's ingenuity led to the creation of a number of great new household products.
  • originalityHer photographic portraits can hardly be accused of lacking originality.
See more results »
[U]
something that youthinkexistsor istrue,althoughinfactit is notrealortrue:
幻觉；幻想；空想
Was shepayinghim a lot ofattentionor was it just my imagination?她是特别注意他呢，还是这一切只是我的臆想？
Is it my imagination or isDavidbehavingstrangelyat themoment?是我的错觉呢，还是戴维现在真的是行为古怪？
B1[U]
theabilitytothinkof newideas:
创造力
It's ajobthatneedssomeone with abitof imagination.做这项工作需要有一点儿创造力。
More examples
  • Was it just my imagination or did IhearJohn'svoicein the otherroom?
  • He's one of thosepeoplewith a veryvividimagination - everytimehehearsanoisehe'sconvincedit's someonebreakingin.
  • The Americandrivetolanda man on the Mooncapturedthe imagination of thewholeworld.
  • Her imagination waskindledby theexcitingstorieshergrandmothertold her.
  • One of poetry'sfunctionsis tosomehowunlockthe imagination.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Imagining and conceiving
  • assume
  • beyondyourwildest dreamsidiom
  • blue-sky
  • conceivable
  • conceivably
  • guess
  • imagine
  • inyourmind's eyeidiom
  • inconceivably
  • lay the foundation(s) of/foridiom
  • look on/uponsomeone/somethingassomething
  • mental image
  • reach
  • regard
  • revisualization
  • riot
  • run riotidiom
  • theorize
  • think ofsomething
  • throw
See more results »

You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:

Dreaming
(Definition ofimaginationfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

imagination| American Dictionary

imagination
noun[U]
us
/ɪˌmædʒ·əˈneɪ·ʃən/
theabilitytoformmentalpicturesofpeopleor things, or to have newideas:
Rafael has a veryactiveimagination(= has manyideas).
(Definition ofimaginationfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofimagination

imagination
His research focuses on the architecturalimaginationin technical drawing.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The abstraction by ourimaginationmeans we earn the approbation (or disapprobation) from those unlike as well as those like us.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Music offers the opportunity for every child to move on from where they are, in skills, understanding andimagination.
From theCambridge English Corpus
But first, let us consider some evidence of his visualimagination.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In 2004, as in 1968, perhaps the best antidote to timidity is the ungovernable wildness of theimagination.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Rather, the focus of inquiry should be on theimaginationsince both theoretical reason and practical reason make use ofimaginationin their own way.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The crime attracted interest and scandal and by the second half of the eighteenth century had established a strong hold over the publicimagination.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Now, not only was the dramatic content of the written play probing the listener's intellect, but strange new sounds were stretching theimagination.
From theCambridge English Corpus
These artisans would be more prone to think up foolish schemes created by animaginationuncontrolled by reason and experience.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Herimaginationwas sleeping, or she had no artisticimaginationat all.
From theCambridge English Corpus
This is reminiscent of the extraordinary relationship which amputees develop with their artificial replacements, revealing a whole inner mysterious world of feeling andimagination.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Travelling in space to ' exotic ' realms evidently encourages theimaginationto travel in time.
From theCambridge English Corpus
What makes this episode resonate as a vernacular form of archaeological thinking buried deep in the literaryimaginationof the mid-19th century?
From theCambridge English Corpus
Here that is left to theimaginationof the reader and a more quantitative method is used to demonstrate the existence of the pulses.
From theCambridge English Corpus
It also shows that even radical writers were often unable to dispel the monarchy from their imaginations.
From theCambridge English Corpus
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.

Collocationswithimagination

imagination

These are words often used in combination withimagination.

Click on a collocation to see more examples of it.

active imagination
The object of his methods was to enhance a natural process of individuation emergent through techniques ofactiveimagination(a sort of controlled daydream).
From theCambridge English Corpus
fertile imagination
He has afertileimagination.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
historical imagination
This was not simply a failure ofhistoricalimagination, nor was it a product of intellectual carelessness or political myopia.
From theCambridge English Corpus
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/imagination##
随便看

　

英汉词典包含213609条英汉翻译词条，涵盖了常用英语单词及词组短语的翻译及用法，是英语学习的必备工具。

　

Copyright © 1999-2024 qbania.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间：2024/12/27 9:36:23