单词 | imaginatively |
释义 | imaginativei‧ma‧gi‧na‧tive /ɪˈmædʒənətɪv/ ●○○ adjective Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorcontaining interesting or new ideas► imaginative/inventive Collocations containing new ideas that are used in interesting and original ways: · The film uses computer graphics in an unusual and highly imaginative way.· an imaginative solution to the city's crime problem· These figures are some of the most inventive of all African tribal sculptures.· Inside the magazine you will find plenty of inventive ideas for redecorating your home. good at thinking of new ideas► creative good at using your imagination to think of new ideas or to produce new things: · Tarantino is one of Hollywood's most creative directors.· We need someone creative and enthusiastic to take this project forward.creative abilities/faculties: · Children should be allowed to develop their creative as well as their academic abilities. ► imaginative/inventive use this about someone who is very good at thinking of new and unusual ways of doing things: · He was one of the most original and imaginative writers of his time.· Marr had a brilliant inventive mind.· the most inventive sculptor since Picasso ► full of ideas informal to have a lot of new ideas and to want to tell people all about them: · Ron was full of ideas and seemed very enthusiastic about the show.· I don't know what's the matter. She's usually so bright and full of clever ideas. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► imaginative use Word family an imaginative use of computer technology COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► highly· The project was highly imaginative, building on a commercial ranching project which already existed.· Rather, the guitar and drum set seem like obbligato instruments, threading their way through the varied and highly imaginative texture.· On the right is the highly imaginative Challenger rod bag. ► more· He also urges computer users to think up more imaginative passwords.· The wife of the farmer: Poor, hardworking, and a little more imaginative than her husband.· It wasn't that he wanted to be more imaginative than them.· But with those credentials, Safire could surely have been more imaginative.· It means more imaginative deployment of staff.· According to the committee, the government should be more imaginative in supporting research.· Later more imaginative tactics were adopted to try to achieve maximum disruption for a small loss of earnings.· There are more imaginative regulatory ideas that harness the price mechanism and market forces. ► most· Some of the most imaginative and interesting places to work and visit are converted historic buildings.· So are her romantic schoolgirls, and Betsy in this book is the most imaginative of all the race.· Scales was the most imaginative of his inspectors; he had started in fingerprints and now specialised in fraud cases.· This idealized version is most imaginative as a teenager when any fantasy is possible.· Her books deal in changing perceptions rather than unalterable truths, and she herself was perhaps her most imaginative achievement ....· One of the most imaginative that I have seen uses a series of bowls and a conventional fountain spray.· A mismatch between the most imaginative practice and the best teacher education can never be good for the latter. ► very· It's very imaginative and beautifully shot.· Mr. Moynihan My hon. Friend makes a very imaginative proposal.· Not very imaginative, it amounted to a genuflection to Papini and his authoritative views.· Female speaker He's very imaginative with lots of ideas.· Sabraxis was a stern mistress, but she was very imaginative and continually updated the traditional pieces.· George is a quiet, fairly shy person, who is not very imaginative and needs some one to share a life with. NOUN► approach· But the avant-garde has found support for its imaginative approach from such sciences as biology.· This can be successful especially where an imaginative approach to development is adopted.· If he needs a more imaginative approach to biblical meditation, show him the Ignatian method. ► idea· But ultimately, good ads are imaginative ideas.· They offered the chance for specifiers to turn their imaginative ideas into reality.· Thus, it is not just imaginative ideas which are required but an increase in investment of management time. ► leap· Doing history does require an imaginative leap, and contact with real evidence from the past can often assist in this process.· You have nothing to lose by trying out possible futures for size-it just requires an imaginative leap.· Very often it helps pupils to make the imaginative leap that is required of a historian. ► play· The family Dolls Families of dolls or puppets provide children with the opportunity for much free imaginative play.· In his imaginative play, the child inpart creates a world of his own and the creatures or objects in it.· Climbing frames should be shaped to encourage imaginative play - airplanes, wagons or spaceships are popular. ► solution· Indeed it would, but there may be more imaginative solutions to be commended.· A more imaginative solution is shown in figure 4.19. ► use· For example, the imaginative use of stop changes can greatly enrich the singing of the Psalms. ► ways· The private sector probably has even more flexibility to find imaginative ways of addressing those issues than the statutory services. WORD FAMILYadjectiveimaginable ≠ unimaginableimaginaryimaginative ≠ unimaginativeunimaginednounimaginationimaginingsadverbunimaginablyimaginativelyverbimagine 1containing new and interesting ideas: an imaginative use of computer technology children’s imaginative play an imaginative solution to the litter problem2good at thinking of new and interesting ideas: an imaginative child—imaginatively adverb |
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