imagination noun ⇨imagination (a vivid imagination)⇨inspiration (lack imagination)imagination
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imagination ♦︎ vision ♦︎ fantasy ♦︎ make-believeThese are all words for the act of creating pictures in your mind, or the pictures created in this way.这些词均表示想象、幻想或想象的事物。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆(a) romantic imagination / vision / fantasy◆(a) private / personal vision / fantasy◆a world of fantasy / make-believe■imagination [uncountable, countable] the ability to create pictures in your mind; the part of your mind that does this; something that you have imagined rather than sth that exists想象力;想象;想象的事物;幻想物◆He's got no imagination.他缺乏想象力。◆It doesn't take much imagination to guess what happened next.不难猜出接下来发生了什么事。◆She has a vivid imagination.她想象力丰富。◆I won't tell you his reaction-I'll leave that to your imagination.我就不告诉你他的反应了,你自己去想好了。◆Nobody hates you-it's all in your imagination.没人讨厌你,都是你在胡思乱想。◆Is it my imagination or have you lost a lot of weight?究竟是我有错觉,还是你确实瘦了很多? see also imaginative ⇨ creative■vision [countable] an idea or picture in your imagination想象;幻想◆He had a vision of a world in which there would be no wars.他幻想一个没有战争的世界。◆I had visions of us getting hopelessly lost.我以为我们彻底迷失方向了。■fantasy ˈfæntəsi [uncountable] (sometimesdisapproving) the act of imagining things; a person's imagination幻想;想象◆This is a work of fantasy.这是部幻想作品。◆She was no longer able to distinguish between fantasy and reality.她再也无法区分幻想和现实了。◆Stop living in a fantasy world.别再生活在幻想世界中了。OPPreality ⇨ fact see also fantasy ⇨ hopenoun2NOTE辨析 Imagination or fantasy?Imagination is usually a more approving term than fantasy. Having a vivid imagination is often thought to be a good thing as it enables people to enjoy themselves and to sympathize more with other people by imagining what it is like to be them. Fantasy is usually used to contrast imagined things with the real world, often in a negative way, suggesting that sb is unwilling or unable to face reality. * imagination含义通常比fantasy更正面。拥有vivid imagination(丰富的想象力)常被视为好事,因为它能使人得到乐趣,也能使人对他人的处境感同身受。fantasy通常用以对比虚构的事物与真实的世界,这种对比常常带有贬义,暗示怀抱幻想者不愿或无法面对现实。■ˈmake-believe [uncountable] (sometimesdisapproving) imagining or pretending that things are different or more exciting than they really are; imagining that sth is real, or that you are sb else, for example in a child's game虚构;想象;(儿童游戏等中的)假扮,假装◆They live in a world of make-believe.他们生活在虚幻的世界里。◆'Let's play make-believe,' said Sam.萨姆说:“咱们来玩过家家吧。”