| 单词 | inspired |
| 释义 | inspired (once / 211 pages) adj Inspired is an adjective that describes something of excellent quality. If your singing in a choral concert is particularly inspired, people can hear your voice hitting all the right notes beautifully. If something is so extraordinary that it's worthy of being described as inspired, you might think that the gods had something to do with its creation. In fact, inspired originally meant "directly inspired by God or gods." It comes from the Latin in-"in" and spirare "to breathe." Maybe such supernatural power did breathe life into something truly excellent. Or maybe the humans just worked very hard and had a great idea. WORD FAMILYinspired: inspiredly, uninspired+/inspiration: inspirational, inspirations/inspirational: inspirationally/inspire: inspiration, inspiratory, inspired, inspirer, inspires, inspiring/inspirer: inspirers/inspiring: inspiringly, uninspiring/uninspiring: uninspiringly USAGE EXAMPLESThe shoe in question was the Nike Air Rift, or “split-toe” inspired by Kenyan barefoot distance runners allowing extra toe movement. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) A 1934 American novel, about the eventual suicide of the fictional character Julian English, was also inspired by the tale and borrowed its title. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) And, personally, I respond more to being gently inspired than harangued. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) adj being of such surpassing excellence as to suggest inspiration by the gods an inspired performance Syn divine, elysian glorious having or deserving or conferring glory |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含147318条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。