imagination 英 [ɪˌmædʒɪˈneɪʃn]   美 [ɪˌmædʒəˈneʃən]

imagination

imagination  英 [ɪˌmædʒɪˈneɪʃn] 美 [ɪˌmædʒəˈneʃən]

n. [心理] 想象力;空想;幻想 

名词复数:imaginations 

a vivid imagination, a fertile imagination 生动的╱丰富的想像
He's got no imagination. 他缺乏想像力。

  • Imagination refers to the process of forming images or concepts in the mind, often images of things that are not really there. That shark in your bathtub must have been in your imagination — or was it?
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  • n. [心理] 想象力;空想;幻想
  • 1. a vivid imagination, a fertile imagination

    生动的╱丰富的想像

  • 2. He's got no imagination.

    他缺乏想像力。

  • 3. It doesn't take much imaginationto guess what she meant.

    不难猜出她的意思。

  • 4. 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。

  • 5. Nobody hates you—it's all in your imagination.

    没人讨厌你,都是你在胡思乱想。

  • 6. 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?

  • 7. His writing lacks imagination.

    他的作品缺乏想像。

  • 8. 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。

  • 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 "to form an image of, represent"), from imago "an image, a likeness," from stem of imitari "to copy, imitate" (from PIE root *aim- "to copy") 
im·agin·ation / ɪˌmædʒɪˈneɪʃn ; NAmE ɪˌmædʒɪˈneɪʃn / noun 1 [uncountable ,  countable ] the ability to create pictures in your mind; the part of your mind that does this 想像力;想像 a vivid/fertile imagination 生动的╱丰富的想像 He's got no imagination. 他缺乏想像力。 It doesn't take much imaginationto guess what she meant. 不难猜出她的意思。 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。 Don't let your imagination run away with you (= don't use too much imagination). 不要一味凭空想像。 The new policies appear to have caught the imaginationof 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。 Nobody hates you—it's all in your imagination. 没人讨厌你,都是你在胡思乱想。 ( 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! 2 [uncountable ] something that you have imagined rather than sth that exists 想像的事物;幻想物 She was no longer able to distinguish between imagination and reality. 她再也不能分清幻想和现实了。 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? 3 [uncountable ] the ability to have new and exciting ideas 创造力;创作力 His writing lacks imagination. 他的作品缺乏想像。 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。 IDIOM leave nothing/little to the imagiˈnation (of clothes 衣服 ) to allow more of sb's body to be seen than usual (暴露身体)没有想像的余地 Her tight-fitting dress left nothing to the imagination. 她的紧身连衣裙令身材表露无遗。 more at figment , stretch n. imagination imaginations im·agin·ation / ɪˌmædʒɪˈneɪʃn ; NAmE ɪˌmædʒɪˈneɪʃn /
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