imagination, fancy, fantasy

名詞 imagination:

1. the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses
   同義詞：imaginativeness, vision
2. the ability to form mental images of things or events
   同義詞：imaging, imagery, mental imagery
3. the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems
   同義詞：resource, resourcefulness

1. I can't have seen a ghost it must have been imagination.
   我看到的不可能是鬼－－一定是幻想的東西吧。
2. You didn't really see a ghost, it's only imagination.
   你并沒有真地看見鬼，這僅僅是幻象。
3. These plans reveal a complete failure of imagination.
   這些計(jì)劃顯得毫無想象力。

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n.（名詞）

The formation of a mental image of something that is neither perceived as real nor present to the senses.
想象，虛構(gòu)：對(duì)既無法看到，又無法確切感受到的事物在腦海中形成印象的過程
The mental image so formed.
形象：經(jīng)過上述過程在腦海中形成的影像
The ability or tendency to form such images.
想象力：形成上述形象的能力或趨勢(shì)
The ability to confront and deal with reality by using the creative power of the mind; resourcefulness:
機(jī)智，聰明：通過運(yùn)用大腦的創(chuàng)造力而形成的應(yīng)對(duì)和處理現(xiàn)實(shí)事務(wù)的能力；機(jī)智：
例句：
handled the problems with great imagination.
以高超的智慧處理這些問題

A traditional or widely held belief or opinion.
成見：傳統(tǒng)的或廣為接受的信仰或意見
Archaic
【古語】
An unrealistic idea or notion; a fancy.
空想，幻想：不現(xiàn)實(shí)的想法或觀念；幻想
A plan or scheme.
計(jì)劃，陰謀

【引伸】
imag.ina.tional
adj.（形容詞）
<參考詞匯><同義詞>imagination,fancy,fantasyThese nouns refer to the power of the mind to form images, especially of what is not present to the senses.
這些名詞都指在頭腦中形成印象的能力，尤其是對(duì)于無法通過感官覺察的事物。
Imagination is the most broadly applicable:
Imagination 一詞適用最廣：
例句：
The actor rehearsed the lines in his imagination.
演員在腦海中復(fù)習(xí)了一遍臺(tái)詞。

例句：
The glorious music haunts my imagination.
這宏大的音樂占據(jù)了我的頭腦。

例句：
.In the world of words, the imagination is one of the forces of nature. (Wallace Stevens).
.在文字世界中想象力是天賦的能力之一. （華萊士·斯蒂文斯）。

Fancy especially suggests mental invention that is whimsical, capricious, or playfuland that is characteristically well removed from reality:
Fancy 主要指古怪的、多變的或嬉戲的思想產(chǎn)物，與現(xiàn)實(shí)相距特別遠(yuǎn)：
例句：
.which . . . claims to be founded not on fancy . . . but on Fact. (Arthur P. Stanley).
.自稱是以事實(shí)而不是以幻想為基礎(chǔ)的. （阿瑟P·斯坦利）。

例句：
Is world peace only the fancy of idealistsô
難道世界和平只是理想主義者的幻想嗎ô

Fantasy is applied principally to the product of imagination given free rein and especially to elaborate or extravagant fancy:
Fantasy 一詞主要指陷入奇異的或夸大的幻想后的思想產(chǎn)物：
例句：
The sitting room was a kind of Victorian fantasy, full of cabbage roses, fringe, and tassels.
客廳極力體現(xiàn)著維多利亞時(shí)代的風(fēng)格，飾滿了薔薇、鑲邊和流蘇。

例句：
.The poet is in command of his fantasy, while it is exactly the mark of the neurotic that he is possessed by his fantasy. (Lionel Trilling).
.該詩是在他幻想的驅(qū)使下作出來的，但同時(shí)也表明他確實(shí)是被幻想控制住的神經(jīng)怪異的人. （萊昂內(nèi)爾·特里林）