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

• Their imaginations were fed by exile, nourishment drawn not through roots, but through rootlessness.
  离乡背井激发了他们的想象力，养分的吸取并非通过根部，而是通过其无根性。
• If the accumulation of false imaginations is cleared away, enlightenment will appear.
  如果累积的虚假想象被清除，开悟就会出现。
• 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。
• They exist in our laboratories and universities; in our fields and our factories; in the imaginations of our entrepreneurs and the pride of the hardest-working people on Earth.
  方法就在我们的实验室和大学里，就在我们的田地和我们的工厂里，就在我们企业家的梦想和地球上最勤恳劳动的人民的自豪感里。
• Look at all of the clothes in this shop! The designers really let their imaginations run wild.
  看看店里所服饰吧！这位设计者真的是尽情了他的想象力。
• 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。
• Meanwhile, by reading children's literature, our imaginations can expand without limit.
  同时，透过阅读儿童文学，我们的想像力得以无限扩张。
• 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。
• Because that is when their imaginations and creativity are set on fire.
  因为正是这个时候他们的想像力和创造力被激活了，这正是最伟大的进步来的时刻。
• I am tempted into those ancient narrow streets, where I am full of memories and imaginations.
  那些狭小的古老街巷诱惑着我，在那儿我充满了回忆和遐想。