imagination
n
1
(a) [U, C] ability to form mental images or pictures 想像力
He hasn't much imagination. 他缺乏想像力.
Her talk captured (ie gripped and stimulated) the imagination of the whole class. 她的谈话吸引了全班的同学, 激发了他们的想像力.
(b) [C] part of the mind that does this 想像
In my imagination, I thought I heard her calling me. 我在想像中彷佛听到她在呼唤我.
2 [U] use of this ability in a practical or creative way 想像力的运用
His writing lacks imagination. 他的写作缺乏想像力.
Use your imagination to find an answer. 运用你的想像力来寻找答案.
3 [U] thing experienced in the mind and not in reality 想像出来的事物; 幻想物
I can't have seen a ghost it must have been imagination. 我看到的不可能是鬼--一定是幻想的东西吧.
Is it my imagination or have you lost a lot of weight? 是我的错觉呢, 还是你真的瘦了许多?
4 (idm 习语) the mind/imagination boggles => boggle. not by any/by no stretch of the imagination => stretch n.
🔁 扩展释义
*[i,mædʒi'neiʃәn]n. 想像, 听觉, 想像力【医】 想像
🏥 医学释义
想象
📖 同为「CET-4」词汇
swampn. 沼泽(地);湿地;
vt. 淹没;使沉没;使陷入困难;忙得不可开交;
vi. 淹没,沉没;
bulkn. (大)体积;大块,大量;大多数,大部分;主体;
vt.& vi. 变得越来越大(或重要);
vi. 显得庞大;形成大块;堆积起来;
vt. 使凝聚成一团或形成一堆;
adj. 大批的,大量的;散装的;