imagination

英 [ɪˌmædʒɪˈneɪʃn]

美 [ɪˌmædʒɪˈneɪʃn]

n. 想象力; 想象; 想象的事物; 幻想物; 创造力; 创作力

复数：imaginations　

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Oxford 3000 / Collins.3 / BNC.2828 / COCA.2892

习惯用语

leave nothing/little to the imagination

（暴露身体）没有想象的余地
to allow more of sb's body to be seen than usual
Her tight-fitting dress left nothing to the imagination.
她的紧身连衣裙令身材显露无遗。

a figment of sb's imagination

凭空想象的事物；臆造的东西；虚构的事
something that sb has imagined and that does not really exist

not by any stretch of the imagination

by no stretch of the imagination

任凭怎么想也不；再怎么说也不
used to say strongly that sth is not true, even if you try to imagine or believe it
She could not, by any stretch of the imagination, be called beautiful.
再怎么说，她也称不上漂亮。

牛津词典

noun

想象力；想象
the ability to create pictures in your mind; the part of your mind that does this
1. a vivid/fertile imagination
  生动的 / 丰富的想象
2. He's got no imagination.
  他缺乏想象力。
3. It doesn't take much imagination to 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. Don't let your imagination run away with you (= don't use too much imagination) .
  不要一味凭空想象。
6. 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。
7. Nobody hates you─it's all in your imagination .
  没人讨厌你——都是你在胡思乱想。
8. 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！
想象的事物；幻想物
something that you have imagined rather than sth that exists
1. She was no longer able to distinguish between imagination and reality.
  她再也不能分清幻想和现实了。
2. 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？
创造力；创作力
the ability to have new and exciting ideas
1. His writing lacks imagination.
  他的作品缺乏想象。
2. 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。

柯林斯词典

N-VAR 想象;想象力
Yourimaginationis the ability that you have to form pictures or ideas in your mind of things that are new and exciting, or things that you have not experienced.
1. Antonia is a woman with a vivid imagination...
  安东尼娅是个想象力丰富的女人。
2. 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。
3. The Government approach displays a lack of imagination.
  政府的方案显得缺乏想象力。
N-COUNT 想象；空想；幻想
Yourimaginationis the part of your mind which allows you to form pictures or ideas of things that do not necessarily exist in real life.
1. 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。
PHRASE 吸引…的注意力;摄人魂魄;引人入胜
If you say that someone or somethingcapturedyourimagination, you mean that you thought they were interesting or exciting when you saw them or heard them for the first time.
1. 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。
PHRASE 发人深省;予人启迪
If you say that somethingstretchesyourimagination, you mean that it is good because it makes you think about things that you had not thought about before.
1. Their films are exciting and really stretch the imagination.
  他们的电影非常精彩且发人深省。
notby any stretch of the imagination→ see:stretch

英英释义

noun

the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses
1. popular imagination created a world of demons
2. imagination reveals what the world could be
Synonym:imaginativenessvision
the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems
1. a man of resource
Synonym:resourceresourcefulness
the ability to form mental images of things or events
1. he could still hear her in his imagination
Synonym:imagingimagerymental imagery

双语例句

His music lacked that vital spark of imagination
他的音乐缺少非常关键的那一点灵感。
A chess player must have a fertile imagination and rich sense of fantasy.
一个棋手必须有丰富的想象力，并善于奇思妙想。
He had simply used a little imagination
他只不过是用了一点点想象力。
It is simply a fantastic imagination to conceive that one can master a foreign language overnight.
幻想在一天早晨就把外语学好，那只是白日作梦。
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。
I think you're the only member of your household that's got an imagination.
我认为你是你家里唯一有想象力的人。
He tackled the job with a great deal of imagination, skill and cunning.
他在工作中充分发挥其想象力、技能和聪明才智来解决各种难题。
Their films are exciting and really stretch the imagination.
他们的电影非常精彩且发人深省。
Antonia is a woman with a vivid imagination
安东尼娅是个想象力丰富的女人。
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。