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imagination

英 [ɪ,mædʒɪ'neɪʃ(ə)n] 美 [ɪ,mædʒɪ'neʃən]

n. [心理] 想象力；空想；幻想物

中文词源

imagination 想象，幻想

来自imagine,想象。

英文词源

imagination (n.): "faculty of the mind which forms and manipulates images," mid-14c., ymaginacion, from Old French imaginacion "concept, mental picture; hallucination," from Latin imaginationem (nominative imaginatio) "imagination, a fancy," noun of action from past participle stem of imaginari (see imagine).

双语例句

1. A child may not differentiate between his imagination and the real world.: 儿童可能无法将自己的幻想与真实世界区分开来。

2. A conservatory offers the perfect excuse to let your imagination run riot.: 音乐学院让你有充分的理由任想象力自由驰骋。

3. These poems have helped kindle the imagination of generations of children.: 这些诗激发了一代又一代孩子的想象力。

4. Powell let his libidinous imagination run away with him.: 鲍威尔淫心顿起，浮想联翩。

5. 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。