1 N-UNCOUNT 灵感;启示;启发 Inspiration is a feeling of enthusiasm you get from someone or something, which gives you new and creative ideas. 灵感;启示;启发
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My inspiration comes from poets like Baudelaire and Jacques Prévert.
我的灵感源于像波德莱尔和雅克·普雷韦这样的诗人。
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What better way of finding inspiration for your own garden than by visiting others.
还有什么比参观别人花园更好的获取灵感、扮靓自家花园的方法呢。
2 N-SING [an N] 激励(者);鼓舞(者) If you describe someone or something good as an inspiration, you mean that they make you or other people want to do or achieve something. 激励(者);鼓舞(者) [approval]
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Powell's unusual journey to high office is an inspiration to millions. [+ to]
鲍威尔升任高官的不寻常历程对数以百万计的人都是一个激励。
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She was a great inspiration. She was the person who impressed us with the importance of research.
她极大地鼓舞了我们，让我们深刻了解到研究的重要性。
SYN motivation, example, influence, model
3 N-SING 灵感来源;原型 If something or someone is the inspiration for a particular book, work of art, or action, they are the source of the ideas in it or act as a model for it. 灵感来源;原型
SYN influence, spur, stimulus, muse
4 N-COUNT 妙计;好办法 If you suddenly have an inspiration, you suddenly think of an idea of what to do or say. 妙计;好办法
Quotations
When you do not know what you are doing and what you are doing is the best - that is inspiration Robert Bresson Notes on the Cinematographer
| Word Partnership | Use inspiration with: |
| N. | source of inspiration 1 2 3 |
| VERB. | provide an inspiration 1 2 3 draw inspiration from someone/something, find inspiration 1 3 have an inspiration 4 |
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