imagination
美音:[ı´mædʒə´neıʃən
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英音:[ı´mædʒə´neıʃən
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n.想象,空想,想象的事物,想象力,听觉
难易程度:
imagination为高中词汇
词频:2834
词形变化:
形容词:imaginational
近义词, 同义词
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imagination
/ɪ,mædʒɪ'neɪʃn; ɪ,mædʒə`neʃən/
n
1 (a) [U, C] ability to form mental images or pictures 想像力
*He hasn't much imagination. 他缺乏想像力.
* Her talk captured (ie gripped and stimulated) the imagination of the whole class. 她的谈话吸引了全班的同学, 激发了他们的想像力.
(b) [C] part of the mind that does this 想像
*In my imagination, I thought I heard her calling me. 我在想像中彷佛听到她在呼唤我.
2 [U] use of this ability in a practical or creative way 想像力的运用
*His writing lacks imagination. 他的写作缺乏想像力.
* Use your imagination to find an answer. 运用你的想像力来寻找答案.
3 [U] thing experienced in the mind and not in reality 想像出来的事物; 幻想物
*I can't have seen a ghost it must have been imagination. 我看到的不可能是鬼--一定是幻想的东西吧.
* Is it my imagination or have you lost a lot of weight? 是我的错觉呢, 还是你真的瘦了许多?
4 (idm 习语) the mind/imagination boggles => boggle. not by any/by no stretch of the imagination => stretch n.
n
1 (a) [U, C] ability to form mental images or pictures 想像力
*He hasn't much imagination. 他缺乏想像力.
* Her talk captured (ie gripped and stimulated) the imagination of the whole class. 她的谈话吸引了全班的同学, 激发了他们的想像力.
(b) [C] part of the mind that does this 想像
*In my imagination, I thought I heard her calling me. 我在想像中彷佛听到她在呼唤我.
2 [U] use of this ability in a practical or creative way 想像力的运用
*His writing lacks imagination. 他的写作缺乏想像力.
* Use your imagination to find an answer. 运用你的想像力来寻找答案.
3 [U] thing experienced in the mind and not in reality 想像出来的事物; 幻想物
*I can't have seen a ghost it must have been imagination. 我看到的不可能是鬼--一定是幻想的东西吧.
* Is it my imagination or have you lost a lot of weight? 是我的错觉呢, 还是你真的瘦了许多?
4 (idm 习语) the mind/imagination boggles => boggle. not by any/by no stretch of the imagination => stretch n.
imagination
n
[U and C]
the ability to form pictures or ideas in your mind
You don't have to use your imagination when you're watching television.
Children often have very vivid imaginations .
There is a lack of imagination in the way the furniture is displayed.
It does not take much imagination to understand the depth of their grief.
These ancient objects must have fired his imagination .
With a little imagination , you can find great inexpensive Christmas gifts.
be (a figment of) sb's imagination
to be something that someone imagines, not something that really exists or happens
Did you hear that noise, or was it my imagination?
These people do exist; they're not figments of my imagination.
in sb's imagination
only existing or happening in someone's mind, not in real life
For the refugees, home exists only in their imagination.
capture/catch sb's imagination
to make people feel very interested and excited
American football really captured the imagination of the British public.
leave sth to sb's imagination
to deliberately not describe something because you think someone can guess or imagine it
Mercifully, the writer leaves most of the physical horrors to our imagination.
leave little/nothing to the imagination
a) if someone's clothes leave little or nothing to the imagination, the clothes are very thin or are worn in a way that shows the person's body
Her black satin dress left nothing to the imagination.
b) if something sexual or violent is described in a way that leaves nothing to the imagination, it is described in too much detail
use your imagination
spoken used to tell someone that they can easily guess the answer to a question, so you should not need to tell them
→not by any stretch of the imaginationatstretch2 (4)
COLLOCATES for sense 1
use your imagination
vivid/fertile/creative imagination (=when you have many pictures and ideas in your mind)
overactive imagination (=when you imagine things that are very unlikely)
lack of imagination
something takes imagination
stretch somebody's/the imagination (=make someone imagine something very unlikely)
fire somebody's imagination (=make someone eager to use their imagination)
with a little imagination
[U and C]
the ability to form pictures or ideas in your mind
You don't have to use your imagination when you're watching television.
Children often have very vivid imaginations .
There is a lack of imagination in the way the furniture is displayed.
It does not take much imagination to understand the depth of their grief.
These ancient objects must have fired his imagination .
With a little imagination , you can find great inexpensive Christmas gifts.
be (a figment of) sb's imagination
to be something that someone imagines, not something that really exists or happens
Did you hear that noise, or was it my imagination?
These people do exist; they're not figments of my imagination.
in sb's imagination
only existing or happening in someone's mind, not in real life
For the refugees, home exists only in their imagination.
capture/catch sb's imagination
to make people feel very interested and excited
American football really captured the imagination of the British public.
leave sth to sb's imagination
to deliberately not describe something because you think someone can guess or imagine it
Mercifully, the writer leaves most of the physical horrors to our imagination.
leave little/nothing to the imagination
a) if someone's clothes leave little or nothing to the imagination, the clothes are very thin or are worn in a way that shows the person's body
Her black satin dress left nothing to the imagination.
b) if something sexual or violent is described in a way that leaves nothing to the imagination, it is described in too much detail
use your imagination
spoken used to tell someone that they can easily guess the answer to a question, so you should not need to tell them
→not by any stretch of the imaginationatstretch2 (4)
COLLOCATES for sense 1
use your imagination
vivid/fertile/creative imagination (=when you have many pictures and ideas in your mind)
overactive imagination (=when you imagine things that are very unlikely)
lack of imagination
something takes imagination
stretch somebody's/the imagination (=make someone imagine something very unlikely)
fire somebody's imagination (=make someone eager to use their imagination)
with a little imagination
1. But that shock roused his imagination.
而这种吃惊唤起了他的想像。
2. Word last week that a scientist named Ian Wilmut had succeeded in cloning an adult mammal — an achievement long thought impossible — caught the imagination of everyone.
上周有消息说，一位名叫伊恩·威尔莫特的科学家已经成功地克隆了一只成年哺乳动物，而这项成就长期以来被认为是不可能的。
3. The operation caught the imagination of the world, and there was a story that a television company offered a million dollars for one single photograph of Washkansky´s old heart.
这一手术轰动了整个世界，据说一家电视公司曾出一百万美元的高价来购买沃什坎斯基原来心脏的一张照片。
4. He hasn´t much imagination.
他缺乏想像力.
5. And it occurred to me that I could not be the only person in the world for whom they were an item of imagination.
而且我还突然想到我不可能是这个世界上唯一把这些地方看作想象中的事物的人。
6. She was a lively young woman with patience and imagination.
她是一位富于耐心和象想力的生气勃勃年轻妇女。
7. I have confronted an attacker in my imagination, not in reality. A man is walking down the street. I lock my car and walk to my apartment with my key ready.
他很害怕。我害怕我会吓着他，从而致使他朝我开枪，我还担心我把钱给他以后，他仍然会朝我开枪。
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而这种吃惊唤起了他的想像。
2. Word last week that a scientist named Ian Wilmut had succeeded in cloning an adult mammal — an achievement long thought impossible — caught the imagination of everyone.
上周有消息说，一位名叫伊恩·威尔莫特的科学家已经成功地克隆了一只成年哺乳动物，而这项成就长期以来被认为是不可能的。
3. The operation caught the imagination of the world, and there was a story that a television company offered a million dollars for one single photograph of Washkansky´s old heart.
这一手术轰动了整个世界，据说一家电视公司曾出一百万美元的高价来购买沃什坎斯基原来心脏的一张照片。
4. He hasn´t much imagination.
他缺乏想像力.
5. And it occurred to me that I could not be the only person in the world for whom they were an item of imagination.
而且我还突然想到我不可能是这个世界上唯一把这些地方看作想象中的事物的人。
6. She was a lively young woman with patience and imagination.
她是一位富于耐心和象想力的生气勃勃年轻妇女。
7. I have confronted an attacker in my imagination, not in reality. A man is walking down the street. I lock my car and walk to my apartment with my key ready.
他很害怕。我害怕我会吓着他，从而致使他朝我开枪，我还担心我把钱给他以后，他仍然会朝我开枪。
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