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

• 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。
• If you wonder why it's taken so long, I can only answer that it's taken this long for movie magic to catch up to the imaginations of the storytellers.
  如果你觉得这之间花了这么长的时间奇怪，我只能回答，电影技术花了这么长的时间才赶上了讲故事人的想象力。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• When people enjoyed the sights here, they added in some of their imaginations.
  人们在欣赏美景的同时，加入了自己的想象。
• 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。
• 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。