imagination
n.
1. 想象(力), 创造力
He is a man of imagination.
他是一个富有想像力的人。
Of course nobody was trying to kill him. -- It was all imagination.
当然没有人试图杀害他--那全是幻觉。
2. 假想; 幻想
3. 想象出来的事物
Is it my imagination or have you lost a lot of weight?
是我的错觉呢, 还是你真的瘦了许多?
In my imagination, I thought I heard her calling me.
我在想像中彷佛听到她在呼唤我.
These plans reveal a complete failure of imagination.
这些计划显得毫无想象力。
I can't have seen a ghost it must have been imagination.
我看到的不可能是鬼－－一定是幻想的东西吧。
Her talk captured (ie gripped and stimulated) the imagination of the whole class.
她的谈话吸引了全班的同学, 激发了他们的想像力.
Use your imagination to find an answer.
运用你的想像力来寻找答案.
You didn't really see a ghost, it's only imagination.
你并没有真地看见鬼，这仅仅是幻象。
He hasn't much imagination.
他缺乏想像力.
名词imagination
1. the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses
2. the ability to form mental images of things or events
3. the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems
同义词
名复：imaginations
creative imagination
创造性想象
passive imagination
被动想象
draw on (one's) imagination
杜撰, 编造
beyond(all) imagination
(完全)出乎意料地
have a poor imagination
想象力好[差]; [谑]很会[不会]说谎
scientific imagination
科学幻想
have a good imagination
想象力好[差]; [谑]很会[不会]说谎