imaginations

英 [ɪˌmædʒɪˈneɪʃənz]

美 [ɪˌmædʒəˈneɪʃənz]

n.  想象力; 想象; 想象的事物; 幻想物; 创造力; 创作力
imagination的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 想象;想象力
  Yourimaginationis 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.
  1. Antonia is a woman with a vivid imagination...
     安东尼娅是个想象力丰富的女人。
  2. 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。
  3. The Government approach displays a lack of imagination.
     政府的方案显得缺乏想象力。
• N-COUNT 想象；空想；幻想
  Yourimaginationis the part of your mind which allows you to form pictures or ideas of things that do not necessarily exist in real life.
  1. 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。
• PHRASE 吸引…的注意力;摄人魂魄;引人入胜
  If you say that someone or somethingcapturedyourimagination, you mean that you thought they were interesting or exciting when you saw them or heard them for the first time.
  1. 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。
• PHRASE 发人深省;予人启迪
  If you say that somethingstretchesyourimagination, you mean that it is good because it makes you think about things that you had not thought about before.
  1. Their films are exciting and really stretch the imagination.
     他们的电影非常精彩且发人深省。
• notby any stretch of the imagination→ see:stretch

双语例句

• The apparent perfection of plants and animals may be more a reflection of our poor imaginations than of reality.
  貌似完美的各种动植物可能倒是人类想象力比真实事物更可怜的反映。
• Toys reinforce the basic needs and growing patterns of kids and help their imaginations and their learning process.
  玩具充实了孩子们的基本需求和成长方式，加强了他们的想象力和学习的过程。
• Brotherhood and peace are created in the thoughts and wills and imaginations of men by the Spirit of God, and only new men can make a new world.
  同胞关系与和平是人们藉上帝的精神在他们的思想和意志以及想象中创造出来的，只有新人类能创造一个新世界。
• Life would be dull without stories to enliven our imaginations and fire up our dreams.
  如果没有故事，生活将变得呆板而无味，我们的想像力无法获得激发，梦想也无法点燃。
• Our imaginations can only guess at how our world/ our lives would be.
  我们的世界和我们的生活会是什么样子，那只有靠想象去推测了。
• When we play computer games, our imaginations are stretched.
  当我们玩电脑游戏时，我们的想象力得到伸展。
• Classes for younger kids are packed with fun games, songs, movement and crafts to spark their imaginations.
  参加幼儿班有有趣的游戏，歌曲，运动和工艺激发他们的想象力。
• This fantastic film takes the audience to places that only exist in their imaginations.
  这部精采的电影会带领观众前往仅存于他们幻想中的世界。
• We need more parents willing to play dress-up to encourage the kids to activate their imaginations.
  我们需要更多的父母愿意这样穿着，来鼓励孩子们，激发他们的想像能力。
• Unlike many other technologies that fed our imaginations and then faded away, the computer has transformed our society.
  不像其他许多技术那样，在满足了我们的想象力之后又逐渐淡出，计算机已经改造了我们的社会。