Inspiration
[ɪnspɪ'reɪʃ(ə)n] or [,ɪnspə'reʃən]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) arousing to a particular emotion or action.
(noun.) a product of your creative thinking and work; 'he had little respect for the inspirations of other artists'; 'after years of work his brainchild was a tangible reality'.
(noun.) a sudden intuition as part of solving a problem.
(noun.) arousal of the mind to special unusual activity or creativity.
整理:丽纳--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The act of inspiring or breathing in; breath; specif. (Physiol.), the drawing of air into the lungs, accomplished in mammals by elevation of the chest walls and flattening of the diaphragm; -- the opposite of expiration.
(n.) The act or power of exercising an elevating or stimulating influence upon the intellect or emotions; the result of such influence which quickens or stimulates; as, the inspiration of occasion, of art, etc.
(n.) A supernatural divine influence on the prophets, apostles, or sacred writers, by which they were qualified to communicate moral or religious truth with authority; a supernatural influence which qualifies men to receive and communicate divine truth; also, the truth communicated.
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同義詞及近義詞:
n. [1]. Inhalation, breathing in.[2]. Afflatus, supernatural influence.
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同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Poesy, frenzy, impulse, revelation, intuition, afflatus
ANT:Study, elaboration, learning, acquirement, observation, education
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例句/造句/用法:
- I could not conceive or believe: it was more like an inspiration. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- The very next day however produced some proof of inspiration. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- Edison always stood shoulder to shoulder with his associates, but no one ever questioned the leadership, nor was it ever in doubt where the inspiration originated. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Estella was the inspiration of it, and the heart of it, of course. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- Faraday, to whom also was given Promethean inspiration, procured some of Walker's matches and brought them to public notice. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- It had been easy enough to write the date, and Dear Mr. Rosedale--but after that her inspiration flagged. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- The whole history of science shows that it is to the worker that the inspiration comes, and that new ideas develop from old ideas. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- Then, after a moment's pondering, almost to her own surprise she broke out with a flash of inspiration: Well, go over and see Mr. Selden. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- I believe it was an inspiration rather than a temptation: it was very genial, very soothing--I know that. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- I reached it, and once more drew a free inspiration. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- I understood, as by inspiration, the nature of his love for Miss Oliver; I agreed with him that it was but a love of the senses. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- Generally speaking, non-technical and uninitiated persons have a tendency to regard an invention as being more or less the ultimate result of some happy inspiration. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- In this work he writes under the inspiration of Greek philosophy. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- And there Mrs. Snagsby is seized with an inspiration. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Consequently it looked back to the records upon which it drew, instead of looking out directly upon nature and society, for material and inspiration. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- He began to draw his breath with long, deep inspirations; and his broad chest rose and fell, heavily. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- But the practice of a fine art is far from being a matter of extemporized inspirations. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
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