| 单词 | imagination |
| 释义 | imaginationimagination /ɪˌmædʒəˈneɪʃən/ ●●● W2 noun 1[countable, uncountable] the ability to form pictures or ideas in your mind: The game encourages children to use their imaginations. I thought her answer showed a real lack of imagination. He’d make a great children’s author with his vivid imagination (=strong and creative imagination). Let your imagination run wild and draw whatever you think of.2somebody’s imagination a)someone’s ability to believe that something is real or true, when it is not: Maybe it was just my imagination, but he seemed really angry. Did you hear that noise, or was it just a figment of my imagination (=something I imagined)?in somebody’s imagination For the refugees, home exists only in their imagination. b)someone’s ability to feel interested or excited about something: capture/catch/excite somebody’s imagination (=make them feel interested or excited) The story of a boy raised by monkeys caught the imagination of millions.the popular/public imagination The princess’s fairytale life still has a hold on the public imagination.3leave something to somebody’s imagination to deliberately not describe something because you think someone can guess or imagine it: The movie successfully leaves the scary parts to the audience’s imagination.4leave nothing to the imagination a)if someone is wearing clothes that leave nothing to the imagination, the clothes are very thin or are worn in a way that shows the person’s body: Her blouse left nothing to the imagination. b)if something, especially something violent or sexual, is described in a way that leaves nothing to the imagination, it is explained in too much detail: The description of the murders left nothing to the imagination.5use your imagination! spoken used to tell someone that he or she should be able to think and guess the answer to a question without help → see also a figment of somebody’s imagination at figment, by any stretch (of the imagination) at stretch2 (6)COLLOCATIONSadjectivesa good imagination She’s a bright child, with a good imagination.great imagination His paintings show great imagination.a vivid/fertile/active/lively imagination (=an ability to think of a lot of ideas and things that could happen) He has a vivid imagination and is always inventing stories.an overactive/wild/fevered imagination (=a mind that imagines strange things that are not real) His fears are the product of an overactive imagination.creative imagination I don’t have the creative imagination to be a writer.verbshave (an) imagination Her poems show that she has a lot of imagination.use your imagination Musicians need to use their imagination as well as their technical skills.show/display imagination His latest design work displays a fertile imagination.lack imagination A lot of today’s pop music seems to lack imagination.take imagination to do something It doesn’t take much imagination to guess what would happen.fire/stimulate somebody’s imagination (=make someone use their imagination) The aim of the exhibition is to stimulate people’s imagination. |
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