单词 | inspired |
释义 | inspiredin‧spired /ɪnˈspaɪəd $ -ˈspaɪrd/ adjective Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorto think of an idea► have an idea Collocations · I've had an idea. What do you think about going to Greece this summer?· That's the best idea you've had all day.have an idea for · Do you have any ideas for a birthday present for Mum?have the idea of doing something · He had the idea of hiding Ali's shoes. ► get an idea to think of an idea - use this especially to say what made you think of it or to ask someone what made them think of it: · Where on earth did you get that idea?get the idea for something: · Mark got the idea for the novel when he was in Boston in 1969.get an idea from: · It wasn't my own idea. I got it from a TV movie.get the idea of doing something: · She first got the idea of working with elderly people after the death of her mother.get an idea that : · I don't know how she got the idea that she was too fat. ► think of to have an idea about what to do, how to do something etc: · At first, we couldn't think of a name for the band.· Seth decided to go home. He couldn't think of anything else to do.· Ask Dad. He might be able to think of a solution. ► come to if an idea comes to someone, they have the idea suddenly and without trying hard to think of it: · The idea for the new advertising campaign came to me while I was visiting Thailand.it came to somebody that: · It suddenly came to me that I'd seen her somewhere before.come to somebody in a flash (=very suddenly): · It came to Blake in a flash that the man was really a detective. ► hit on/upon informal to have a good idea after thinking about or working on a problem for a long time: · At last we hit on a way of getting Tom and Marcia to meet.· The architects finally hit upon a design that seemed to please everyone. ► be inspired by if someone's plan, work of art, action etc is inspired by something, that is what gave them the idea to do it: · The novel was inspired by her own experiences in India.· Some of Picasso's work was inspired by African art.· The 1911 strike was inspired by the revolutionary ideas flooding out of Europe at that time. a clever plan, idea, or way of doing something► clever especially British a clever idea, plan, or way of doing something is good and works well: · It sounds like a clever idea. Do you think it'll work?· Virtual Listening Systems have introduced one of the year's most unusual and clever new products.· I've thought of a really clever way of making money. ► intelligent an intelligent idea, question etc is thought of or asked by someone who is intelligent: · Have you got any intelligent suggestions to make?· Anne was surprised to hear such an intelligent question coming from a very small child. ► ingenious an ingenious method, idea, or piece of equipment is cleverly designed to do a job or solve a problem in a very original way: · A scanner is an ingenious device which enables you to feed pictures, photos or documents into a computer system.· American scientists have come up with an ingenious way of getting rid of cockroaches.· The catalogue is full of ingenious ideas for transforming your house into a dream home.· In the end it was Pete who thought of a really ingenious solution to the problem. ► neat an idea etc that is clever, simple, and effective: · One of our designers has come up with a neat idea for storing computer disks.· Taking up a sport is a neat way of meeting new people, and it's good for you too.· It's a complicated problem, and there's no neat solution. ► smart a system or machine such as a computer that is smart is cleverly designed and does something effectively: · The new software system is really smart and it's much quicker to use too. ► cunning carefully planned, clever, and intended to deceive people: · They use all kinds of cunning tricks to make people give them money.· His leadership style was to maintain power through a combination of force and cunning strategy.· a cunning marketing ploy ► crafty a crafty plan or way of doing something etc is one that is cleverly planned and involves deceiving other people, in a way that people admire: · It was a crafty question. "Why are you trying to catch me out?" he replied.· Jerry and Tony had worked out a crafty way of avoiding paying tax. ► inspired an inspired idea, plan etc is extremely clever and impressive and is one that someone suddenly thinks of, without knowing how or why: · "How did you know the answer to that?" "I didn't, it was just an inspired guess."· Even the most inspired forecasts of how prices are going to move can't be right all the time.· The band represents some of the best young talent that's around, resulting in a sound that's both innovative and inspired. ► bright idea a clever idea about how to do something: · I like it! It sounds like a really bright idea.· I don't know what kind of present she'd like -- if you have any bright ideas let me know.have/come up with the bright idea of doing something (=often used humorously): · George came up with the bright idea of visiting every pub we passed. COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► an inspired guess Phrases (=a very good guess that you make suddenly)· It’s hard to believe he got that right with just an inspired guess. PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► inspired guess/choice etc 1having very exciting special qualities that are better than anyone or anything else: an inspired leader an inspired performance2inspired guess/choice etc a good or successful guess, choice etc that is based on inspiration not facts: In an inspired move, they took on the relatively inexperienced Ray Unwin as director.3politically/religiously etc inspired started for political, religious etc reasons: We suspect that the violence was politically inspired.
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