imagination
美 [ɪˌmædʒɪˈneɪʃ(ə)n] 
英 [ɪ.mædʒɪ'neɪʃ(ə)n]
- n.想象；想象力；创造力；想象的事物
- 网络想像力；空想；幻想
词形变化
复数：imaginations 同义词
英汉双解
1. | [u][c] 想象力；想象the ability to create pictures in your mind; the part of your mind that does this |
| a vivid/fertile imagination 生动的╱丰富的想象 |
| He's got 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 caught the imagination of the public(= they find them interesting and exciting) . 新出台的政策似乎恰恰投合了公众的喜好。 |
| Nobody hates you─it's all in your imagination . 没人讨厌你，都是你在胡思乱想。 |
| Use your imagination!(= used to tell sb 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！ |
2. | [u] 想象的事物；幻想物something that you have imagined rather than sth that exists |
| 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？ |
3. | [u] 创造力；创作力the ability to have new and exciting ideas |
| His writing lacks imagination. 他的作品缺乏想象。 |
| 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。 |
英汉解释
英英解释
例句
Imagination Such similar ruins can only provide me with a brilliant imagination.
《遐想》像很多类似这样的废墟，只能给我提供曾经辉煌的遐想。
It seems that this particular half is the seat of emotions, imagination, and the sense of space.
看起来，这半边脑子是主管情感、想象力和空间感的。
I took him to counseling when he was a child, but the therapist simply said Quentin had an active imagination and would grow out of it.
他还是个小孩的时候，我带他去看过心里咨询医生，但那个临床医学家只是简单的说昆廷只是很富有想象，他长大后就会好的。
The young writer as I was beginning to be in Guyana, those intellectual and social currents I refer to kept shaping my imagination.
我在圭亚那开始成为青年作家之时，我前面提及的思想与社会潮流不断塑造我的想像力。
So often the sustained self-command and absolute composure of the stranger destroyed the idea which began to arise in her imagination.
而这位陌生人的矜持和极端镇静的态度却一次又一次地粉碎了她的想象。
He said he would leave it to the "imagination" what that measure might be.
至于重大举措意味着什么，他表示将留给外界自行“想象”。
I felt he lacked imagination, and he certainly did not share my restless passion for the possibilities of scientific intelligence.
我觉得他缺乏想象力，他当然没有我那种不停地探求科学情报的各种可能性的热情。
With her imagination-what there was of it-she was swimming in this happy truth.
她以她仅有的想象力，沉浸在这个幸福的真理之中。
With a little imagination many other animals and heroes and beautiful women can be found hidden among the fainter stars.
稍有些想象力，可以发现许多“动物”“英雄”和“美女”藏在这些较暗弱的恒星之间。
It also enhances your imagination & overall creativity too. . . (making it a great time for love & romance issues). . .
同时这一时期也加强了你的想象力和过人的创造能力（是爱情和施展浪漫的大好时机）。
The utmost reach of her imagination did not go beyond picturing her usual life in a new setting.
她的想象力最远也超不过一个新环境中的旧生活。
It is known to all that we live in an age of information characterized by innumerable inventions beyond our wildest imagination.
这是众所周知的，我们生活在一个信息时代的特点是无数的发明超出了我们的想象。
If you often hear others say the word "naive" , it's a dangerous sign that your imagination is about to leave you.
如果你对别人经常说“幼稚”两个字，这就是你的想象力即将离开你的危险信号。
It was wrong of me to let my imagination take control of my actions, so I focused on learning the facts.
我让想胡思乱想控制了我的行为，这是不对的，所以我开始集中精力了解事实。
As you close your eyes and tune in to your imagination, you sense a soft glowing warmth begin to surround and pulsate around your body.
当你闭上你的双眼并沉浸于你的想象中时，你感知到一股柔和带着光芒的暖流开始环绕并跳动在你身体周围。
Would Forster's imagination have been liberated if he had been able to write openly about homosexuality?
如果福斯特能够公开写作同性恋，是否能释放他的想象力？
It raises the question: Do the schedulers at the White House lack imagination, or are they just trying to help a scribbler draw a parallel?
这提出了一个问题：是白宫的调度程序缺乏想象力，又或者它们只是试图帮助一位小文人绘制一条平行线？
All you needed was a bit of imagination and a fair dose of optimism to play them forward.
只需一些想象和适度的乐观，你就能做出预测。
"You can't replace the human imagination, " he said. "There's no app for that. "
他说：“没有什么能替代人的想像力。没有应用软件可以做到这一点。”
A man touched down on the moon, a wall came down in Berlin, a world was connected by our own science and imagination.
人类登陆月球、柏林围墙倒下，世界因我们的科学和想像力而连接在一起。
So often the sustained self-command and absolute composure of the stranger destroyed the idea which began to arise in her imagination.
而这位陌生人的矜持和极端镇静的态度却一次又一次地粉碎了她的想象。
With her imagination-what there was of it-she was swimming in this happy truth.
她以她仅有的想象力，沉浸在这个幸福的真理之中。
With a little imagination many other animals and heroes and beautiful women can be found hidden among the fainter stars.
稍有些想象力，可以发现许多“动物”“英雄”和“美女”藏在这些较暗弱的恒星之间。
Her trouble was terrible; but was it a thing of her imagination, engendered by an extravagant sensibility?
事情是严重的，但这究竟是不是由过份敏感所引起的幻觉呢？
Unlike the Serpent, whose imagination had acted through his traditions until he was ready to perceive an artificial in a natural stillness.
蛇王由于受了传闻的影响；有些疑神疑鬼，把自然的寂静当成了人为的噤声屏息。
She judged it unkind to her sister to mention to their father grounds of anxiety which might arise from her own imagination.
要是把焦虑的原因告诉父亲，她又觉得对不起妹妹，因为这无非出于自己的臆测。
In his imagination he beheld the pair of lovers walking along some dark road.
在幻想中，他依稀看见那对情侣在一条阴暗的路上溜达。
He asks his reader to use his imagination to enter into the experience of these living forms.
他要读者运用自己的想象力来体验这些生物所经历的事情。
The act of leaving a familiar existence for a strange and dangerous new one demands strength, courage and imagination.
离开熟悉的环境而到一个既陌生，又危险的新环境，这一举动需要力量，勇气和想象力。
You ought to use a little imagination about clothes-encourage certain aspects of your character.
在穿衣服方面，你应该使用一点想象力--来突出你的个性。
He was really almost reaching out in imagination.
他几乎已经在舒展他的想象力。
Nor can we make sure that there will be men of imagination who have the knock of inventing new hypotheses.
我们也不能保证一定会出现富于想象力并热衷于提出新假说的人。
They use puppets to capture the imagination of younger audiences.
他们用木偶来启发小观众的想象力。
There's a subject that always appealed to my imagination.
我脑子里常常翻腾着的就是这个题材。
Her imagination was fired by the lady from Shelly Hall.
来自谢利府的夫人使她浮想联翩。
That child has a very active imagination.
那个小孩想象力十分丰富。
The task is one to stagger the imagination.
这个任务的艰巨是难于想象的。
The imagination of man is naturally sublime.
人类的想像当然是非凡的。
Mrs. Penniman's imagination was not chilled by trifles.
想象丰富的佩尼曼太太并不因这些琐碎小事而气馁。
In any event, Walters saved our March 16 trip with the imagination and tenacity.
不管怎样，沃尔特斯以他的想象力和不屈不挠的意志使我们3月16日的旅行化险为夷。
He engages, through his imagination, in a shared activity. It is not easy to get the full meaning of words.
他通过想象从事一个共同的活动，并不容易掌握这些词的全部意义。
Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower. Innovation has no limits. The only limit is your imagination.
领袖和跟风者的区别就在于创新。创新无极限。只要敢想，没有什么不可能。
But it does not take much imagination to see how the Aka-Aki approach could lend itself to advertising.
但是，我们无需多少想象就能明白Aka-Aki公司的方式是在为自己免费做广告。
She had a very optimistic personality and a rich imagination, and if she ever had an opportunity to relax, she would be sure not to miss it.
她生性乐观，想像力又很丰富，只要有可以放松精神的机会，洁茹是绝对不会错过的。
Allow your imagination to run wild; think of her as a dirty sexpot and encourage her to play the part.
让你的想象力肆意发散。把她当成一个性感欲女，同时鼓励她扮演这个角色。
however , with just a wee bit of imagination.
不过。。。这需要你有一点想象的空间。
And I think the imagination is the only limit of what you can think of when this kind of technology merges with real life.
（笑声）我相信，当这种技术和实体生活混在一起时想象力是唯一能限制--我们的东西。
If there had been no Beatles, no one would have had the imagination to invent such a story.
如果没有披头士，没人会想到还会发生这样的故事。
Thinking about it later, I began to make good imagination whether I would have been so honest if I had known what was in the wallet!
后来一想起这件事，我就猜测要是知道钱包里装的什么，我还会不会那样诚实。
Modern art was therefore an attempt to save the human imagination from the "emptying" and " sanitizing " effects of this new social order.
现代艺术于是便成为将人类的想象力从新型社会秩序的“虚化”和“净化”中拯救出来的尝试。
The trouble was his lively imagination did not fit into a school pattern.
他的活跃的想象力与学校的管理模式格格不入。
In less than a month, this gathering in New York has grown into a worldwide movement that has captured the public imagination and vision.
不到一个月的时间，这起发于纽约的抗议群体已演变成一个全球性活动，引来了公众的想象和猜测。
Bohemia may be only a figment of Mr. Lauren's fashion imagination, but he made it sweet and compelling.
波西米亚也许只是拉劳伦的时尚印象的虚构，但是他把这处理的甜蜜和令人折服。
He is still the one he used to be physically, but his English level is out of our imagination.
他还是原来的他，然而他的水平已非昨日可比。
Yet with a little imagination it's possible even for baby boomers to understand what it's like to be in the middle of the odyssey years.
但可以想象的是，就连出生于婴儿潮时期的人们也能了解奥德赛时期发展到一半会是什么样子。
He said that this exercise of the imagination left memory traces in his mind that would later help his actual performance.
他说，这种想像力的运用在脑子里留下记忆痕。这些记忆痕将有助于他的临场发挥。
He seems to be imprisoned in the contemporary technocratic imagination, which views the expert as the solution and the people as a problem.
他似乎陷入当今技术专家治国的误区，把专家看作解决方法，而把大众当作问题。
My imagination was like this: That would be a rainy Sunday afternoon, and I was wandering in the library.
那场景是这样的：一个下着雨的星期天下午，我正徘徊在学校的图书馆中。
X is a gifted student with a good sense of imagination and creativity, and is also capable of pioneering and working independently.
学生x是个有天赋的学生，有想象力与创造力，不乏开拓创新的精神和独立工作学习的能力。
Paint your imagination: It does not matter if you are good at painting or not. Just take out a canvas and paint what you feel like.
画出你的想象：你是否善于画画并不要紧，只管拿出画布，画任何你想画的东西。
