imagination
/ɪˌmædʒɪˈneɪʃən/noun
1- the faculty or action of forming new ideas, or images or concepts of external objects not present to the senses想像, 想像力：
she'd never been blessed with a vivid imagination.
她从来就无福拥有生动的想像力。
1.1
- mass noun the ability of the mind to be creative or resourceful创造力; 创意力：
technology gives workers the chance to use their imagination.
科技给了工人运用创造力的机会。
1.2
- the part of the mind that imagines things幻想：
a girl who existed only in my imagination.
只存在于我幻想中的女孩。
词源
Middle English: via Old French from Latin imaginatio（n-）, from the verb imaginari 'picture to oneself', from imago, imagin- 'image'.