imagination

B2 CET-4 Oxf 3000 大学 FREQ #3012 ★★★☆☆

n. 想像, 听觉, 想像力 [医] 想像

发音

US /ɪˌmæd͡ʒəˈneɪʃən/

词形变化

imaginations 复数 imaginations

别名

'magination

教材释义与例句

名词

想象力；空想；幻想物

释义与例句

n. B2 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    The image-making power of the mind; the act of mentally creating or reproducing an object not previously perceived; the ability to create such images.

    想像力

    可数 不可数

    Imagination is one of the most advanced human faculties.

  2. 2.

    Particularly, construction of false images; fantasizing.

    想像

    可数 不可数

    You think someone's been following you? That's just your imagination.

  3. 3.

    Creativity; resourcefulness.

    可数 不可数

    His imagination makes him a valuable team member.

  4. 4.

    A mental image formed by the action of the imagination as a faculty; something imagined.

    可数 不可数

词汇关系

名词

同义词 6

vision resource imaging imagery resourcefulness imaginativeness

上位词 6

creativity ingenuity cleverness inventiveness creativeness ingeniousness

下位词 10

dream fancy vision dreaming fantasy inventory armory picturing make-believe pretense

相关短语

leave to the imagination by any stretch of the imagination by no stretch of the imagination figment of one's imagination by no stretch of imagination leave little to the imagination left little to the imagination leaving little to the imagination leaves little to the imagination figments of one's imagination leaves to the imagination leaving to the imagination left to the imagination

词源

From Middle English ymaginacioun, from Old French imaginacion, ymaginacion, from Latin imāginātiō. Equivalent to imagine + -ation.

来源：wiktionary