imagination
noun /ɪˌmædʒɪˈneɪʃn/
/ɪˌmædʒɪˈneɪʃn/
Idioms 想象力;想象 - a vivid/fertile imagination
生动的/丰富的想象 - He has no imagination.
他缺乏想象力。 - It doesn't take much imagination to 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).
不要一味凭空想象。 - The new policies appear to have captured the imagination of the public (= they find them interesting and exciting)
新政策似乎抓住了公众的想象力 - His stories really stretch children’s imaginations.
他的故事真的拓展了孩子们的想象力。 - in your imagination Nobody hates you—it's all in your imagination.
没人讨厌你,都是你在胡思乱想。 - This is an image which persists in the popular imagination.
这是一个在大众想象中挥之不去的形象。 - (informal) Use your imagination! (= used to tell somebody 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!
- Dinosaurs caught and have held the imagination of us all because they seem like dragons.
恐龙外形像龙,因而激发了所有人的想象力。 - His imagination conjured up a vision of the normal family life he had never had.
他脑海里勾画出一幅他从未体验过的普通家庭生活的场景。 - I don't have a picture of this, so you'll just have to use your imagination.
这个我没有照片,所以你得发挥自己的想象了。 - It's just a product of your fevered imagination!
那只是你狂热想象的产物! - Not by any stretch of the imagination could she be called beautiful.
再怎么说她也称不上漂亮。 - The figure vanished as silently as if it had simply been a figment of her imagination.
那个人影无声无息地消失了,仿佛一切只是她的凭空想象。 - The film haunted the imaginations of viewers.
那部影片让观众浮想联翩。 - The scale of the disaster defied imagination.
灾难的规模超乎人们的想象。 - Victorian writers fired the popular imagination with their tales of adventure.
维多利亚时期的作家用探险故事激发了大众的想象力。 - Was it only her imagination playing tricks on her?
真的只是她的想象在作怪吗? - The Pyramids retain a remarkable hold on the human imagination.
金字塔一直保持着引发人类想象的巨大魅力。 - She has a vivid imagination.
她想象力丰富。 - How these characters have caught the imagination of children is unbelievable.
这些角色如何抓住了孩子们的想象力,令人难以置信。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- great
- active
- creative
- …
- have
- show
- lack
- …
- conjure something up
- play tricks on you
- run away with you
- …
- beyond (your) imagination
- in the/your imagination
- with imagination
- …
- a lack of imagination
- a figment of somebody’s imagination
- a product of somebody’s imagination
- …
- a vivid/fertile imagination
想象的事物;幻想物 - She was no longer able to distinguish between imagination and reality.
她再也分不清幻想和现实了。 - 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?
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- great
- active
- creative
- …
- have
- show
- lack
- …
- conjure something up
- play tricks on you
- run away with you
- …
- beyond (your) imagination
- in the/your imagination
- with imagination
- …
- a lack of imagination
- a figment of somebody’s imagination
- a product of somebody’s imagination
- …
- She was no longer able to distinguish between imagination and reality.
创造力;创作力 - His writing lacks imagination.
他写的东西缺乏想象。 - 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。 - We are looking for someone with ingenuity and imagination.
我们正在寻找有独创性和想象力的人。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- great
- active
- creative
- …
- have
- show
- lack
- …
- conjure something up
- play tricks on you
- run away with you
- …
- beyond (your) imagination
- in the/your imagination
- with imagination
- …
- a lack of imagination
- a figment of somebody’s imagination
- a product of somebody’s imagination
- …
- His writing lacks imagination.
词源Middle English: via Old French from Latin imaginatio(n-), from the verb imaginari ‘picture to oneself’, from imago, imagin- ‘image’.
Idioms
leave nothing/little to the imagination
- (of clothes
) to allow more of somebody’s body to be seen than usual衣服 (暴露身体)没有想象的余地 - Her tight-fitting dress left nothing to the imagination.
她的紧身连衣裙令身材显露无遗。
- Her tight-fitting dress left nothing to the imagination.
not by any stretch of the imagination | by no stretch of the imagination
- used to say strongly that something is not true, even if you try to imagine or believe it
任凭怎么想也不;再怎么说也不 - She could not, by any stretch of the imagination, be called beautiful.
再怎么说,她也称不上漂亮。 - By no stretch of the imagination could the trip be described as relaxing.
无论怎么想象,这次旅行都称不上是放松。
- She could not, by any stretch of the imagination, be called beautiful.