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

• I believe that developing children's imaginations is so important.
  我认为，开发孩子的想象力是非常重要的。
• 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。
• They exist in our laboratories and universities; in our fields and our factories; in the imaginations of our entrepreneurs and the pride of the hardest-working people on Earth.
  方法就在我们的实验室和大学里，就在我们的田地和我们的工厂里，就在我们企业家的梦想和地球上最勤恳劳动的人民的自豪感里。
• I am tempted into those ancient narrow streets, where I am full of memories and imaginations.
  那些狭小的古老街巷诱惑着我，在那儿我充满了回忆和遐想。
• When we play computer games, our imaginations are stretched.
  当我们玩电脑游戏时，我们的想象力得到伸展。
• Have purposes and imaginations for your future. A real woman should live and fight for herself.
  要有自己对未来的设想和目标，女人要为自己而活为自己而奋斗。
• Their imaginations were fed by exile, nourishment drawn not through roots, but through rootlessness.
  离乡背井激发了他们的想象力，养分的吸取并非通过根部，而是通过其无根性。
• 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。
• Toys reinforce the basic needs and growing patterns of kids and help their imaginations and their learning process.
  玩具充实了孩子们的基本需求和成长方式，加强了他们的想象力和学习的过程。
• Life would be dull without stories to enliven our imaginations and fire up our dreams.
  如果没有故事，生活将变得呆板而无味，我们的想像力无法获得激发，梦想也无法点燃。