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单词 lateral thinking
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Definition of lateral thinking in English:

lateral thinking

noun
mass noun
  • The solving of problems by an indirect and creative approach, typically through viewing the problem in a new and unusual light.

    〈主英〉水平思维,水平思考

    Contrasted with vertical thinking
    Example sentencesExamples
    • There are ways of dealing with these things but it requires lateral thinking and money from the industry.
    • With a bit of ingenuity and lateral thinking, you can save a lot of money while having great fun at the same time.
    • But, just because I enjoy networking and lateral thinking doesn't mean that my skills are that much more valuable than someone else's.
    • Alternatively, try some lateral thinking to solve your problem.
    • The results require some generous lateral thinking.
    • Sponsors can expect to gain unfettered access to all the intellectual property in the building, where about 100 employees work on various projects involving lateral thinking.
    • As far as publishers are concerned, modern strategies for book selection are so painfully and obviously fallible that it is tempting to suggest that some lateral thinking ought to be applied.
    • It's just that I feel this piece is so provocatively unusual, it takes a lot of lateral thinking to fully appreciate the intricately evil themes.
    • The idea is that five people sit round a table discussing logic problems, amusing anagrams, and the sort of lateral thinking puzzles that were popular in playgrounds when I was six.
    • Moreover, motion graphics provides one of the most flexible and accessible environments in which to create media that is open and conducive to lateral thinking and free creative thought.
    • There's a genuine climate of fear in workplaces that is not at all conducive to creative thinking and lateral thinking you need to be a productive worker in the information age.
    • They also underline the creative and lateral thinking which helps to make us market leaders.
    • It allows creative, lateral thinking, basically silly, saying the first thing that comes into your head, no great depth.
    • If this operation only generated double the full-time branch's business then with a bit of lateral thinking and community backing someone could make a decent living from it.
    • So, this morning, when I found him, forlorn, trying to get the project further forward, I determined that a leap in the direction of lateral thinking was called for.
    • The company received over 250 emails from older people, who enjoy playing more lateral thinking games rather than shoot-them-up types.
    • Direct approaches to companies and some lateral thinking can often bag cash for you comedy project.
    • We approach things in a different way, we use more lateral thinking, and have more common-sense, practical solutions.
    • Even better, the service was developed using just creative and lateral thinking without any extra funding.
    • With creativity and lateral thinking we could offer new products based on need to address new segments of the marketplace that are untapped.

Derivatives

  • lateral thinker

  • noun
    • But my biggest problem looks like being the determination of rock's favourite lateral thinker never to repeat himself.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I'm a bit of a lateral thinker and can be talking about the price of butter one minute and combine harvesters the next.
      • Malcolm was stimulating to work with, an outstanding teacher, and a great lateral thinker, who often challenged established practice.
      • Progress sometimes requires that those received wisdoms be set aside for a while, to allow in the ravings of the lateral thinker, the loose cannon, or the seeming lunatic.
      • And it doesn't create the kind of rounded characters that make innovative, lateral thinkers.
      • Could it be that we don't understand those little lateral thinkers, and condemn them to be failures, when they should in fact, be showing exceptional promise.

Definition of lateral thinking in US English:

lateral thinking

noun
  • The solving of problems by an indirect and creative approach, typically through viewing the problem in a new and unusual light.

    〈主英〉水平思维,水平思考

    Contrasted with vertical thinking
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It allows creative, lateral thinking, basically silly, saying the first thing that comes into your head, no great depth.
    • Alternatively, try some lateral thinking to solve your problem.
    • The company received over 250 emails from older people, who enjoy playing more lateral thinking games rather than shoot-them-up types.
    • So, this morning, when I found him, forlorn, trying to get the project further forward, I determined that a leap in the direction of lateral thinking was called for.
    • The results require some generous lateral thinking.
    • As far as publishers are concerned, modern strategies for book selection are so painfully and obviously fallible that it is tempting to suggest that some lateral thinking ought to be applied.
    • They also underline the creative and lateral thinking which helps to make us market leaders.
    • With creativity and lateral thinking we could offer new products based on need to address new segments of the marketplace that are untapped.
    • Sponsors can expect to gain unfettered access to all the intellectual property in the building, where about 100 employees work on various projects involving lateral thinking.
    • If this operation only generated double the full-time branch's business then with a bit of lateral thinking and community backing someone could make a decent living from it.
    • With a bit of ingenuity and lateral thinking, you can save a lot of money while having great fun at the same time.
    • Even better, the service was developed using just creative and lateral thinking without any extra funding.
    • There's a genuine climate of fear in workplaces that is not at all conducive to creative thinking and lateral thinking you need to be a productive worker in the information age.
    • We approach things in a different way, we use more lateral thinking, and have more common-sense, practical solutions.
    • The idea is that five people sit round a table discussing logic problems, amusing anagrams, and the sort of lateral thinking puzzles that were popular in playgrounds when I was six.
    • Moreover, motion graphics provides one of the most flexible and accessible environments in which to create media that is open and conducive to lateral thinking and free creative thought.
    • There are ways of dealing with these things but it requires lateral thinking and money from the industry.
    • It's just that I feel this piece is so provocatively unusual, it takes a lot of lateral thinking to fully appreciate the intricately evil themes.
    • But, just because I enjoy networking and lateral thinking doesn't mean that my skills are that much more valuable than someone else's.
    • Direct approaches to companies and some lateral thinking can often bag cash for you comedy project.
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