| 词组 | imagination |
| 释义 | IMAGINATION build castles in the air and build castles in Spain to daydream; to make plans that can never come true.Ann spends most of her time building castles in Spain.I really like to sit on the porch in the evening, just building castles in the air. flight of fancy an idea or suggestion that is out of touch with reality or possibility.What is the point in indulging in flights of fancy about foreign vacations when you cannot even afford the rent?We are tired of her flights of fancy about marrying a millionaire. in one's mind's eye in one's mind. (Refers to visualizing something in one's mind.)In my mind's eye, I can see trouble ahead.In her mind's eye, she could see a beautiful building beside the river. She decided to design such a building. seeing things imagining that one sees someone or something that is not there.Jane says that she saw a ghost, but she was just seeing things.I thought I was seeing things when Bill walked into the room. Someone had told me he was dead. woolgathering daydreaming. (From the practice of wandering along collecting tufts of sheep's wool from hedges.)John never listens to the teacher. He's always woolgathering.I wish my new secretary would get on with the work and stop woolgathering. beyond imaginationInconceivable; outside of the realm of imagination, expectation, or anticipation. I find it simply beyond imagination the greed of all these big corporations. That film was amazing, it was actually beyond imagination. leave nothing to the imagination1. Of clothing, to hide or cover very little (of the body) or be very revealing. I was quite embarrassed when John showed up for our date wearing ill-fitting jeans that left nothing to the imagination. 2. To present (something) in a very stark or obvious manner. The film is relentlessly blunt with its anti-religious message, leaving nothing to the imagination from beginning to end. leave little to the imagination1. Of clothing, to hide or cover very little (of the body) or be very revealing. I was quite embarrassed when John showed up for our date wearing ill-fitting jeans that left little to the imagination. 2. To present (something) in a very stark or obvious manner. The film is relentlessly blunt with its anti-religious message, leaving little to the imagination from beginning to end. by no stretch of the imaginationUnable to happen within, at, or beyond the limits of the imagination; in no possible situation or from no conceivable perspective. By no stretch of the imagination do I think our team has a chance of winning tonight. Tommy does all right in school, but by no stretch of the imagination would I call him a genius. figment of (one's)/the imaginationAn experience that initially is thought to be real but is actually imagined. I thought I heard the sound of my front door opening last night but it turned out to be a figment of my imagination. flight of imaginationAn imaginative but unrealistic idea. No one took his campaign for office seriously because his proposed solutions to problems were filled with flights of imagination. be a figment of (one's/the) imaginationTo be an imagined experience (especially after one has initially thought it to be real). I thought I heard the sound of my front door opening last night but it turned out to be a figment of my imagination. by any stretch of the imaginationAs much or as far as one is able to imagine or believe. Usually used in the negative. It's looking like we're not going to win by any stretch of the imagination. I can't see by any stretch of the imagination how we're going to pull this off. capture (one's) imaginationTo hold one's interest or spark one's creativity. I know it sounds strange, but his talk on the importance of obtuse angles really captured my imagination. That movie captured his imagination so much that it inspired him to become a screenwriter. not by any stretch of the imaginationIn no possible situation or from no conceivable perspective. Not by any stretch of the imagination do I think our team has a chance of winning tonight. Tommy does all right in school, but not by any stretch of the imagination would I call him a genius. pique (one's) (emotion)To arouse a particular emotion in one. While the special effects looked impressive, it was the movie's approach to its female characters that piqued my interest. Nothing piques my ire like people who don't use their turn signals when they're driving! It's important to provide your children with experiences that pique their curiosity. by any stretch of the imaginationas much as anyone could imagine; as much as is imaginable. (Often negative.) I don't see how anyone by any stretch of the imagination could fail to understand what my last sentence meant. capture someone's imaginationFig. to intrigue someone; to interest someone in a lasting way; to stimulate someone's imagination. The story of the young wizard has captured the imagination of the world's children. figment of one's imaginationSomething made up, invented, or fabricated, as in "The long dishevelled hair, the swelled black face, the exaggerated stature were figments of imagination" (Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, 1847). This term is redundant, since figment means "product of the imagination." [Early 1800s] not by any stretch of the imaginationorby no stretch of the imaginationIf you say that something is not true or possible by any stretch of the imagination or by no stretch of the imagination, you mean that it is completely untrue or impossible. He had several jobs, all of them involving driving but none of them well-paid by any stretch of the imagination. By no stretch of the imagination could his speech be described as impersonal. by any stretch of the imaginationIf something is not true by any stretch of the imagination, it is definitely not true. The Danube was not by any stretch of the imagination blue. Note: People sometimes just say by any stretch. He is not regarded as a serious biographer by any stretch. by no (or not by any) stretch of the imaginationused to emphasize that something is definitely not the case. 1996 New Statesman Though it is by no stretch of the imagination a political paper, its owner has a reputation as an outspoken critic of China. a figment of somebody’s imagiˈnationsomething which somebody only imagines: Doctor, are you suggesting the pain is a figment of my imagination?by ˈno stretch of the imagination,not by ˈany stretch of the imaginationit is completely impossible to say; by no means: By no stretch of the imagination could you call him clever.You couldn’t say that factory was beautiful, not by any stretch of the imagination!figment of the imagination, aAn imaginary occurrence; a pipe dream. This expression is tautological, since figment means a product of fictitious invention. Nevertheless, it has been used since the mid-nineteenth century. It appeared in Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre (1847): “The long dishevelled hair, the swelled black face, the exaggerated stature, were figments of imagination.” |
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