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。

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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。

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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。

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

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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。

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