"faculty of the mind which forms and manipulates images," mid-14c., ymaginacion, from Old French imaginacion "concept, mental picture; hallucination," from Latin imaginationem (nominative imaginatio) "imagination, a fancy," noun of action from past participle stem of imaginari (see imagine).
实用例句
1. A child may not differentiate between his imagination and the real world.
儿童可能无法将自己的幻想与真实世界区分开来。
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2. A conservatory offers the perfect excuse to let your imagination run riot.
音乐学院让你有充分的理由任想象力自由驰骋。
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3. These poems have helped kindle the imagination of generations of children.
这些诗激发了一代又一代孩子的想象力。
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4. Powell let his libidinous imagination run away with him.
鲍威尔淫心顿起，浮想联翩。
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5. Long before I ever went there, Africa was alive in my imagination.
