| 单词 | fantasy |
| 释义 | fantasy (fæntəsi ) also phantasy Word forms: fantasies 1. countable noun B2 A fantasy is a pleasant situation or event that you think about and that you want to happen, especially one that is unlikely to happen. ...fantasies of romance and true love. 2. variable noun B2 You can refer to a story or situation that someone creates from their imagination and that is not based on reality as fantasy. The film is more of an ironic fantasy than a horror story. Synonyms: fairy tale, story, romance, fairy story 3. uncountable noun Fantasy is the activity of imagining things. ...a world of imagination, passion, fantasy, reflection. Synonyms: imagination, fancy [old-fashioned, literary], invention, creativity 4. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] Fantasy football, baseball, or another sport is a game in which players choose an imaginary team and score points based on the actual performances of the members of their team in real games. Haskins said he has been playing fantasy baseball for the past five years. Collocations: childhood fantasy It was a childhood fantasy come true. The Sun (2008) It was the stuff of childhood fantasy. Times, Sunday Times (2008) It isn't very often that your editor rings to tell you that she wants you to fulfil your most precious childhood fantasy, but that is what happened to me the other day. Times, Sunday Times (2007) There's a collective fantasy at the heart of it, that invisible dangers are being tamed by invisible angels on our shoulders. Times, Sunday Times But soon the brand grew into a fashion empire powered by a collective fantasy of the perfect lifestyle. Times, Sunday Times The show cavorts hilariously around death, kitsch, our collective fantasies of preserving ourselves against decay, and whether we are merely constructs of ourselves. Times, Sunday Times A member remarked that even normally realistic followers were swayed by the collective fantasies. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 An incredible fantasy fiction book full of humour. The Sun Her complaint tells of her rise to fame and fortune as a fantasy fiction author, before the genre was widely accepted. Times, Sunday Times I especially liked the absence of a love interest, and the lack of deliberate cruelty and nastiness, which has become far too frequent in fantasy fiction. Times, Sunday Times Admirers of the better sort of fantasy fiction will absolutely love it. Times, Sunday Times He then tackles fantasy fiction, revealing how fantasy writers are the gothic philosophers of the modern age. Times, Sunday Times And it's not just the fantasy genre that employs it. ST Some are drawn from the urban fantasy genre he dominates, others are pure gothic, a few flat-out weird ... these stories find endless ways to unsettle. The Sun Around this time, he felt there was a lack of appealing short fiction available in the literary fantasy genre. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Most of her novels are in the fantasy genre, but she has also written realistic fiction. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Fans of the fantasy genre will appreciate these books for their strong continuity, believable characters, and edge-of-your-seat-action. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I hate confrontation and can rub along with most people well, even those who are not in my fantasy league of humans. The Sun King's fantasy league fans face a problem. Times, Sunday Times Would he have a fantasy league team? Globe and Mail Her fantasy league commissioner advised her that her expertise might be marketable. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Some companies actually offer real-world insurance on fantasy league players. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Fantasy literature tends towards the enclosed, and most computer games are based on fantasy. Times, Sunday Times In the daytime, he plans to organise school visits, where pupils can learn about fantasy literature and the technology underlying the experience. Times, Sunday Times It has had a deep and circular interaction with fantasy literature. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The vision was to encourage, produce and promote thought-provoking and well written science fiction and fantasy literature. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 As well as his illustrations for works of science fiction and fantasy literature. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Early publicity suggested that this book would appeal to people who thought that they would never enjoy a fantasy novel. Times, Sunday Times In a crime or fantasy novel upsets happen but then things go back to normal. Times, Sunday Times Locals and visitors will be invited to get into the mood by donning fantastic costumes; representing an alien, superhero or character from a fantasy novel. Times, Sunday Times He believes that the modern reader can never understand the poem by approaching it as a work of mere fiction, a kind of versified fantasy novel. Times, Sunday Times More than a decade later, the fantasy novel she wrote based on that idea has sparked a global publishing bidding war. Times, Sunday Times Both are songs about fantasy scenarios, tonguein-cheek projections of one existence onto another. Times, Sunday Times Intelligence agencies are known for painting fantasy scenarios. Outlook India The bonus features include four animated shorts based on the four fantasy scenarios. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The resulting game play mechanics can result in anything from the highly realistic combat simulation used by the military to fantasy scenarios inspired by science fiction and video games. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I find that straight away, when you get into the fantasy sequence, things start jumping out me. Times, Sunday Times Instead, his fantasy sequence involved a reinterpretation of the film. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Although aimed at the under-40s, it incorporates such ancient virtues as character and narrative to go with the fantasy sequences and farcical mishaps. Times, Sunday Times Unfortunately, even a stint in intensive care cannot shut her up, thanks to fantasy sequences set in the afterlife. Times, Sunday Times The film - filled with fantasy sequences and farcical mishaps - charts his desperate attempt to prove to everyone that he isn't a loser. Times, Sunday Times It was a fantasy tale, but the moral of the story was that a better life comes from hard work. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The fantasy tale bleeds back into and comments on the film's present-tense story. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The lyrics on the album continue from where they were left on the previous album, telling an epic fantasy tale of a battle between armies of good and evil. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The volume includes fantasy tales like the title story and crime tales as well as horror tales of dislocated psyches, all told with a quirky black sense of humour. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Did I live in that fantasy world when I was half-conscious in my raft? THE ROAD TO PARADISE ISLAND It offers a minutely detailed fantasy world, complete with history and languages. Times, Sunday Times (2008) There she seeks solace in a fantasy world of swans. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Once he was simply a hugely prolific and successful fantasy writer who could produce books at his own rate. Times, Sunday Times Classified as a science fiction and fantasy writer, he often leaned into other genres, such as magical realism. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Fantasy writers, he says, are the gothic philosophers of the modern age, allowing us to see our own world in a fresh and surprising way. Times, Sunday Times He then tackles fantasy fiction, revealing how fantasy writers are the gothic philosophers of the modern age. Times, Sunday Times Other fantasy writers have emulated him, and role-playing and computer games have also taken up this tradition. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I'm calling it a historical fantasy. Times, Sunday Times Does she think a renewed appetite for historical fantasy reflects a desire for escapism? Times, Sunday Times When he was only 13 he wrote 100,000 words of a historical fantasy on a word processor. Times, Sunday Times These stories can essentially cover any of the other subgenres of fantasy, such as high fantasy, contemporary fantasy, or even historical fantasy. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Those works are published and marketed as historical fantasy, though the author himself has expressed a preference to shy away from genre categorization when possible. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 For some people, however, that's more than just an idle fantasy. The Sun This idle fantasy might have remained a secret had they not recently taken their laptop in for repairs and left this little ego trip open for all to see. Times, Sunday Times Glister dismisses his niece's love as an idle fantasy. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 If not, moral laws would be idle fantasies. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Let's indulge his fantasy of running the economy. The Sun Let's indulge the fantasy for a moment. Times, Sunday Times From several aspects, the original novel, far from indulging a fantasy, explores entirely familiar territory. The Times Literary Supplement Even if she agreed to you indulging your fantasy with this visit, she would do so out of love for you but at considerable harm to herself. Times, Sunday Times They're not a real family, but a crack team of stealth marketers paid by brands to live a fantasy lifestyle that promotes myriad products to friends, neighbours and colleagues. Times, Sunday Times Well, more and more people seem to be living the fantasy. Times, Sunday Times I'm living my fantasy through those pictures of fame, beauty, glamour and stardom. Times, Sunday Times Players control the title character who, in a medieval fantasy setting, struggled against the powers of an evil sorceress raiding her village. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 His work was, however, based principally upon the medieval fantasy genre. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It incorporates anime-style characters into a medieval fantasy world. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Using tactics will use up tactics points and provide various effects similar to magic command commons in medieval fantasy role-playing games. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The castle culture reflects a working medieval fantasy society, with rewards and consequences for player actions. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Until now, the wish for immortality was mere fantasy. The Times Literary Supplement But given the technology of the day, her wish was mere fantasy. The Times Literary Supplement But are their dreams of public recognition and paying careers mere fantasy? Globe and Mail This was no mere fantasy. Times,Sunday Times In the latter case, the therapist could not assume that such experiences were mere fantasies on the part of the client. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I have told them you can't play fantasy football all the time. The Sun A fantasy cricket industry has developed around cricket which offers enthusiasts to play fantasy cricket on a daily basis. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They create, on average, 4 times more pageviews than those that do nt play fantasy sports. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 When you're playing fantasy football, boiling down all your possibilities to 11 names can be hard. Times, Sunday Times It's a space that plays fantasy greenhouse, fringed with pots of herbs and stacked wooden crates. Times, Sunday Times Industry insiders dismiss it as pure fantasy. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Frequently, such parents arrive at our door, clutching information that is pure fantasy. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Any idea that a victorious democracy would have emerged is pure fantasy. Times, Sunday Times (2014) I soon saw that marriage and babies wasn't a romantic fantasy. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Then again, that could all prove to be romantic fantasy. Times, Sunday Times (2011) But, caught up in your romantic fantasy, you skim over the fact country life can be hard. The Sun (2007) The special effects are the real stars of this sci-fi fantasy. The Sun (2010) Jumper is a sci-fi fantasy film that reached No 1 at the American and British box office. Times, Sunday Times (2008) That's the idea behind this hybrid of teen romp and sci-fi fantasy. Times, Sunday Times (2012) When cuddled up, whisper some of the details of your secret fantasy. The Sun But it doesn't stop them from entering into a secret fantasy world. Times, Sunday Times Often they harbour secret fantasies that they're the person to change these men into better people. The Sun You want no part of it, and are pursuing your own secret fantasies. Times, Sunday Times They don't know the secret fantasies you have. Christianity Today But a source close to him dismissed the story as sheer fantasy. Times, Sunday Times When a movie action scene heads into the realm of sheer fantasy, it can make cinema fans cry in outrage at the liberties taken with the laws of nature. Times, Sunday Times It’s all sheer fantasy. Globe and Mail Each approach to identifying a location has been different, varying in degrees of scientific procedure, empirical investigation, informed hypothesis, wishful thinking, fervent belief, and sheer fantasy. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 For many of the winners, sleeping overnight in a deserted store seemed the ultimate fantasy. Times, Sunday Times But he also admitted she was 'the ultimate fantasy'. The Sun We're both 28 and it's his ultimate fantasy to watch me with somebody. The Sun We've picked out four of our ultimate fantasy homes, which are often used as film and television sets, and graced by various supermodels and pop princesses. Times, Sunday Times Is this, then, the summit of their ambition, the ultimate fantasy wish of modern girlhood - to be a princess? Times, Sunday Times It was my wildest fantasy come true. The Sun (2014) Picture yourself having fun, or relaxing, or taking part in some wild fantasy. Banish Headaches -how to obtain fast, drug-free relief from headache (1990) The team's ambitions have diminished to the point where anything beyond a draw is wild fantasy. Times, Sunday Times (2008) Translations: Chinese: 幻想, 梦幻的 Japanese: 夢想, 実在するスポーツ選手を選んで架空のチームを作り各選手のシーズン中の実際の点数の合計で勝利チームを決める遊びに用いられる |
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