[N-VAR 可变名词]想象；想象力 Your imagination is the ability that you have to form pictures or ideas in your mind of things that are new and exciting, or things that you have not experienced.
Antonia is a woman with a vivid imagination...
安东尼娅是个想象力丰富的女人。
Alistair had a logical mind, and little imagination...
阿利斯泰尔逻辑思维能力很强，但缺乏想象力。
The Government approach displays a lack of imagination.
政府的方案显得缺乏想象力。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]想象；空想；幻想 Your imagination is the part of your mind which allows you to form pictures or ideas of things that do not necessarily exist in real life.
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Long before I ever went there, Africa was alive in my imagination.
早在我真正踏足之前很久，非洲就已在我的脑海中活灵活现了。
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[PHRASE 短语]吸引…的注意力；摄人魂魄；引人入胜 If you say that someone or something captured your imagination, you mean that you thought they were interesting or exciting when you saw them or heard them for the first time.
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Italian football captured the imagination of the nation last season.
上个赛季意大利足球吸引了全国上下的注意。
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[PHRASE 短语]发人深省；予人启迪 If you say that something stretches your imagination, you mean that it is good because it makes you think about things that you had not thought about before.
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[approval]
Their films are exciting and really stretch the imagination.
他们的电影非常精彩且发人深省。
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im·agin·ation★/ɪˌmædʒɪˈneɪʃn; NAmEɪˌmædʒɪˈneɪʃn/noun1★[uncountable , countable ]the ability to create pictures in your mind; the part of your mind that does this 想像力；想像◆a vivid/fertile imagination生动的╱丰富的想像◆He's got no imagination.他缺乏想像力。◆It doesn't take much imaginationto 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).不要一味凭空想像。◆The new policies appear to have caught the imaginationof 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。◆( informal) 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★[uncountable ]something that you have imagined rather than sth that exists 想像的事物；幻想物◆She was no longer able to distinguish between imagination and reality.她再也不能分清幻想和现实了。◆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★[uncountable ]the ability to have new and exciting ideas 创造力；创作力◆His writing lacks imagination.他的作品缺乏想像。◆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。IDIOMleave nothing/little to the imagiˈnation(of clothes 衣服)to allow more of sb's body to be seen than usual （暴露身体）没有想像的余地◆Her tight-fitting dress left nothing to the imagination.她的紧身连衣裙令身材表露无遗。☞more at
1[countable, uncountable] the ability to form pictures or ideas in your mind: a storyteller with an incredible imagination It does not take much imagination to understand their grief. With a little imagination, you can find great inexpensive gifts.2be (a figment of) somebody’s imagination to be something that someone imagines, not something that really exists or happens: Did you hear that noise, or was it my imagination? These people do exist; they’re not figments of my imagination.3in somebody’s imagination only existing or happening in someone’s mind, not in real life: For the refugees, home exists only in their imagination.4capture/catch somebody’s imagination to make people feel very interested and excited: American football really captured the imagination of the British public.5leave something to somebody’s imagination to deliberately not describe something because you think someone can guess or imagine it: Mercifully, the writer leaves most of the physical horrors to our imagination.6leave little/nothing to the imaginationa)if someone’s clothes leave little or nothing to the imagination, the clothes are very thin or are worn in a way that shows the person’s body: Her black satin dress left nothing to the imagination.b)if something sexual or violent is described in a way that leaves nothing to the imagination, it is described in too much detail7use your imagination spoken used to tell someone that they can easily guess the answer to a question, so you should not need to tell them → not by any stretch of the imagination
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COLLOCATIONSadjectivesa good imagination· She's a lively child, with a good imagination.great imagination· His paintings show great imagination.a vivid/fertile imagination (=an ability to think of a lot of ideas and things that could happen)· She had a fertile imagination and a great sense of humour.· With your vivid imagination, you should write a book.an overactive/fevered imagination (=a mind that imagines strange things that are not real)· These stories are the product of an overactive imagination.the public imagination· The story captured the public imagination.creative imagination· I don't have the creative imagination to be a writer.verbshave (an) imagination· Her poems show that she has a lot of imagination.use your imagination· Musicians need to use their imagination as well as their technical skills.show/display imagination· His latest paintings display a vivid imagination.lack imagination· A lot of today's pop music seems to lack imagination.fire/stimulate somebody's imagination (=make someone use their imagination)· The aim of the exhibition is to stimulate people's imagination.phrasesbe full of imagination· Her stories are full of imagination.a lack of imagination· Their policies show a lack of imagination.let your imagination run wild (also let your imagination run riot British English) (=allow yourself to imagine many strange or wonderful things)· He uses painting as a way of letting his imagination run riot.
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imaginations[898]
想象(61%)，想象力(33%)，空想(4%)，幻想(2%)
n.[心理] 想象力；空想；幻想物
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