词组 | imagination |
释义 | imagination /ɪˌmædʒəˈneɪʃən, ɪˌmædʒɪˈneɪʃən/ noun the ability to form pictures or ideas in your mindadjectivesa vivid/fertile/lively imagination (=an ability to think of a lot of strange ideas and things that could happen) Carroll had a very vivid imagination, as can be seen in books like ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’.a good imagination If you want to be a writer, you need to have a good imagination.great imagination (=a lot of imagination) His paintings show great imagination.creative imagination Reading depends greatly on the creative imagination of the reader.an overactive/fevered imagination (=a mind that imagines strange things that are not real – used especially when something seems crazy) These stories are the product of an overactive imagination.verbsuse your imagination Musicians need to use their imagination as well as their technical skills.have (an) imagination Her poems show that she has a lot of imagination.show/display imagination His latest paintings display a vivid imagination.stimulate sb’s imagination (=make someone use their imagination) The aim of the exhibition is to stimulate people’s imagination.stretch sb’s imagination (=make someone think of something very unlikely) These games will stretch the children’s imaginations.sth takes imagination It doesn’t take much imagination to guess what would happen.phrasesbe a figment of sb’s imagination (=be something that someone imagines, not something real) Were the lights in the sky real, or just a figment of my imagination?be a product of sb’s imagination (=be something that is not real or true) Professor Dawkins believes that religion is a product of the human imagination.let your imagination run wild/run riot (=think of many strange or wonderful things) When he writes songs, he lets his imagination run riot.be full of imagination Her stories are full of imagination.Lack imaginationIf you say that someone’s work lacks imagination or shows a lack of imagination, you mean that there is nothing new or original about it: A lot of today’s pop music seems to lack imagination. |
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