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单词 imaginative
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Definition of imaginative in English:

imaginative

adjective ɪˈmadʒɪnətɪvɪˈmædʒ(ə)nədɪv
  • Having or showing creativity or inventiveness.

    making imaginative use of computer software
    he was imaginative beyond all other architects
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It was a glimpse into his imaginative world and some of the sources of his creativity.
    • The proposal to create a new university is a bold and imaginative step.
    • For this shaping one must draw on imaginative insight into the motivation of the dramatis personae.
    • When it comes to getting imaginative in the kitchen, sushi is about as creative as they come.
    • Families can pencil in their vision of the future of York in an imaginative event at York Art Gallery this week.
    • Can we have more imaginative and creative solutions to this problem rather than moans and groans?
    • It doesn't look likely, and it doesn't take a great imaginative effort to see a double game being played.
    • This major celebration of cinematic creativity old and new has a host of imaginative programmes.
    • Has Oxford provoked one of the most imaginative outbursts in music today?
    • Dry statistics are seen as destroying both the imaginative faculty and the human delight in invention.
    • He likes to take risks simply to make the business of imaginative invention more interesting.
    • Sadly, rising water levels now threaten this imaginative form of transport.
    • In too few places are the arts being integrated in imaginative and inventive ways.
    • Her vision and her imaginative designs had created its appeal and there was no obvious successor.
    • Often his escape is imaginative, inspired by the music he hears on the radio.
    • One county councillor believes a more imaginative approach could be used.
    • The choreography is stilted and clumsy and could have been a great deal more imaginative.
    • Scott's really imaginative and creative and has a definite vision of what he wants his business to be.
    • It did not work for a variety of reasons, but the appointment was imaginative and innovative.
    • That creative streak shows itself in some imaginative use of fashion and colour mixes.
    Synonyms
    creative, visionary, inspired, insightful, inventive, resourceful, ingenious, enterprising
    original, innovative, innovatory, individual, unorthodox, unconventional, nonconformist, unusual, out of the ordinary, off-centre
    fanciful, whimsical
    informal blue-sky

Derivatives

  • imaginativeness

  • noun ɪˈmadʒɪnətɪvnəs
    • I long to see this wonderful collection of dancers dancing, really dancing, using their astonishing gifts to the full, on a big stage, with music or sound that matches in imaginativeness and richness what they have to offer.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I do think that I learned a degree of humility, flexibility, and imaginativeness from getting to know people from very different backgrounds.
      • The bantering continues, gathering enthusiasm and imaginativeness with every new narrative until one of the raconteurs starts gesticulating frantically towards the road ahead.
      • That is, the norms are not invented, but inventiveness and imaginativeness in their use is essential and to be encouraged.
      • But, whatever one may think of the arguments of the earlier chapters, few readers will fail to be struck by the verve, imaginativeness and subtlety of the later ones.
 
 

Definition of imaginative in US English:

imaginative

adjectiveiˈmaj(ə)nədivɪˈmædʒ(ə)nədɪv
  • Having or showing creativity or inventiveness.

    making imaginative use of computer software
    he was imaginative beyond all other architects
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It was a glimpse into his imaginative world and some of the sources of his creativity.
    • The proposal to create a new university is a bold and imaginative step.
    • It did not work for a variety of reasons, but the appointment was imaginative and innovative.
    • Dry statistics are seen as destroying both the imaginative faculty and the human delight in invention.
    • Her vision and her imaginative designs had created its appeal and there was no obvious successor.
    • When it comes to getting imaginative in the kitchen, sushi is about as creative as they come.
    • Sadly, rising water levels now threaten this imaginative form of transport.
    • Scott's really imaginative and creative and has a definite vision of what he wants his business to be.
    • This major celebration of cinematic creativity old and new has a host of imaginative programmes.
    • The choreography is stilted and clumsy and could have been a great deal more imaginative.
    • That creative streak shows itself in some imaginative use of fashion and colour mixes.
    • For this shaping one must draw on imaginative insight into the motivation of the dramatis personae.
    • It doesn't look likely, and it doesn't take a great imaginative effort to see a double game being played.
    • Can we have more imaginative and creative solutions to this problem rather than moans and groans?
    • He likes to take risks simply to make the business of imaginative invention more interesting.
    • Families can pencil in their vision of the future of York in an imaginative event at York Art Gallery this week.
    • Often his escape is imaginative, inspired by the music he hears on the radio.
    • In too few places are the arts being integrated in imaginative and inventive ways.
    • Has Oxford provoked one of the most imaginative outbursts in music today?
    • One county councillor believes a more imaginative approach could be used.
    Synonyms
    creative, visionary, inspired, insightful, inventive, resourceful, ingenious, enterprising

Usage

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