imagination
英 [ɪˌmædʒɪˈneɪʃn] 美 [ɪˌmædʒəˈneʃən]

n.

想像，想像力；空想，妄想；想像出来的事物；

变形

复数：imaginations

双语释义

n.(名词)

1. [U][C]想象力 the ability to imagine
2. [C]空想,想象 the mind
3. [U]想象出来的东西,幻想物 sth only imagined and not real

英英释义

imagination[ i,mædʒi'neiʃən ]

• n.
  • the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses

    "popular imagination created a world of demons"; "imagination reveals what the world could be"

    同义词：imaginativenessvision

  • the ability to form mental images of things or events

    "he could still hear her in his imagination"

    同义词：imagingimagerymental imagery

  • the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems

    同义词：resourceresourcefulness

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)动词+～

• defy sb's imagination令某人难以想象
• develop imagination培养想象力
• lack imagination缺乏想象力
• show imagination显示出想象力

形容词+～

• creative imagination创造性的想象力
• wild imagination荒诞的想象
• active imagination活跃的想象力

介词+～

• beyond imagination无法想象
• in one's imagination在遐想中
• with imagination运用想象力

词组短语

capture the imagination of激发...的想象力

just my imagination只是幻觉；只是我的幻想

同近义词辨析

fantasy, fancy, imagination

这组词都有“想象，幻想”的意思，其区别是：

fantasy指与现实完全脱节，荒诞离谱、稀奇古怪的想象。

fancy指脱离实际的幻想或幻想力，常暗含所想象的东西近乎怪诞的意味。

imagination含义广，一般不含贬义。可指认真、带有启发性的想象，也可指凭记忆的想象或凭空想象事物的能力。

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

1. That's beyond the reach of my imagination.
   那是我想象不到的。
2. Imagination raises a man above the humdrum of life.
   想象使人从单调无聊的生活中解脱出来。
3. These plans reveal a complete failure of imagination.
   这些计划显得毫无想象力。
4. A sketch can stimulate one's own imagination.
   图形能促进一个人的想象力。
5. He tried to practice upon the imagination and credulity of the public.
   他企图利用群众的空想和轻信。
6. You didn't really see a ghost, it's only imagination.
   你并没有真地看见鬼，这仅仅是幻象。

权威例句

The dialogic imagination :
Theory Construction as Disciplined Imagination
A Universe of Consciousness: How Matter Becomes Imagination
'Discourse in the Novel', in the Dialogic Imagination: Four Essays
Between Space and Time: Reflections on the Geographical Imagination
The body in the mind : the bodily basis of meaning, imagination, and reason
The body in the mind: The bodily basis of meaning, imagination, and reason.
The Environmental Imagination: Thoreau, Nature Writing, and the Formation of American Culture by Lawrence Buell
The madwoman in the attic :the woman writer and thenineteenth-century literary imagination
Brad D. Lookingbill — Dust Bowl, USA: Depression America and the Ecological Imagination, 1929-1941; Brian Griffith — The Gardens o...