imaginations

英 [ɪˌmædʒɪˈneɪʃənz]

美 [ɪˌmædʒəˈneɪʃənz]

n.  想象力; 想象; 想象的事物; 幻想物; 创造力; 创作力
imagination的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 想象;想象力
  Yourimaginationis the ability that you have to form pictures or ideas in your mind of things that are new and exciting, or things that you have not experienced.
  1. Antonia is a woman with a vivid imagination...
     安东尼娅是个想象力丰富的女人。
  2. Alistair had a logical mind, and little imagination...
     阿利斯泰尔逻辑思维能力很强,但缺乏想象力。
  3. The Government approach displays a lack of imagination.
     政府的方案显得缺乏想象力。
• N-COUNT 想象；空想；幻想
  Yourimaginationis the part of your mind which allows you to form pictures or ideas of things that do not necessarily exist in real life.
  1. 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。
• PHRASE 吸引…的注意力;摄人魂魄;引人入胜
  If you say that someone or somethingcapturedyourimagination, you mean that you thought they were interesting or exciting when you saw them or heard them for the first time.
  1. Italian football captured the imagination of the nation last season.
     上个赛季意大利足球吸引了全国上下的注意。
• PHRASE 发人深省;予人启迪
  If you say that somethingstretchesyourimagination, you mean that it is good because it makes you think about things that you had not thought about before.
  1. Their films are exciting and really stretch the imagination.
     他们的电影非常精彩且发人深省。
• notby any stretch of the imagination→ see:stretch

双语例句

• Meanwhile, by reading children's literature, our imaginations can expand without limit.
  同时，透过阅读儿童文学，我们的想像力得以无限扩张。
• Artists have always used public events as raw material, have taken history into their imaginations and transformed it.
  艺术家一向都采用公共事件做原始素材，把历史纳入想象中加以改造。
• This fantastic film takes the audience to places that only exist in their imaginations.
  这部精采的电影会带领观众前往仅存于他们幻想中的世界。
• Imperfect memories and imaginations mean that our moment-to-moment choicesdon't always reflect our long-term interests.
  不完美的记忆和想象力意味着我们即时的选择不常反映出长期的利益。
• When people enjoyed the sights here, they added in some of their imaginations.
  人们在欣赏美景的同时，加入了自己的想象。
• Look at all of the clothes in this shop! The designers really let their imaginations run wild.
  看看店里所服饰吧！这位设计者真的是尽情了他的想象力。
• The apparent perfection of plants and animals may be more a reflection of our poor imaginations than of reality.
  貌似完美的各种动植物可能倒是人类想象力比真实事物更可怜的反映。
• Because that is when their imaginations and creativity are set on fire.
  因为正是这个时候他们的想像力和创造力被激活了，这正是最伟大的进步来的时刻。
• Brotherhood and peace are created in the thoughts and wills and imaginations of men by the Spirit of God, and only new men can make a new world.
  同胞关系与和平是人们藉上帝的精神在他们的思想和意志以及想象中创造出来的，只有新人类能创造一个新世界。
• Our seven-year-old imaginations soared as we played in the enormous, beautiful rooms;
  当我们在那些宽敞、漂亮的房间里玩耍的时候，7岁的我们会插上想像的翅膀；