新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

imagination

英  [ɪˌmædʒɪˈneɪʃən]
    

[NOUN]

    NOUN. 名词
  • imaginations

    1[C, U 有变体名词] 想像力

    Your imagination is 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.

    双语例句

    例:

    Latanya is a woman with a vivid imagination.

    拉坦尼娅是一个想像力丰富的女人。

    2[C 可数名词] 想像

    Your imagination is the part of your mind that allows you to form pictures or ideas of things that do not necessarily exist in real life.

    双语例句

    例:

    Long before I ever went there, Africa was alive in my imagination.

    早在我去非洲之前,它就栩栩如生地在我的脑海中了。

    PHRASE. 习语
  • capture someone's imagination , catch someone's imagination

    1引起某人的兴趣

    If you say that someone or something captured your imagination, you mean that you thought they were interesting or exciting when you saw them or heard them for the first time.

    双语例句

    例:

    Their music continues to capture the imagination of the American public.

    他们的音乐继续吸引着美国公众的兴趣。

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