| 单词 | imaginative |
| 释义 | imaginative (once / 689 pages) adj To be imaginative is to be inventive and original. If you enjoy coming up with stories, writing songs, or just thinking about things in new ways, you’re an imaginative person. Great painters, musicians, and writers are imaginative. However, being imaginative isn’t just limited to the arts. When you're imaginative, you can develop a unique solution to a problem or issue. For example, an imaginative engineer might develop a new, more efficient way to construct a bridge. An idea or object that’s fresh and original — like that bridge the engineer designed — can also be described as imaginative. WORD FAMILYimaginative: imaginatively, imaginativeness, unimaginative+/imaginable: imaginably, unimaginable/imagination: imaginations/imagine: imaginable, imagination, imaginative, imagined, imagining/unimaginable: unimaginably/unimaginative: unimaginatively USAGE EXAMPLESFrom the master short story writer, a long-awaited first novel, an imaginative tale featuring our 16th president. Washington Post(Dec 27, 2016) Thanks to an abundance of major-league album releases in 2016, and some genuine coups by bookers, however, an imaginative summer season is on the horizon. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) “It means I’m imaginative, intuitive about ideas, visionary, enjoys the unusual and learns by experimenting.” Los Angeles Times(Dec 30, 2016) adj (used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action an imaginative use of material Syn inventive creative, originative having the ability or power to create |
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