fanciful

英 [ˈfænsɪfl] 美 [ˈfænsɪfl]

adj.  空想的; 想象的; 装饰独出心裁的; 式样奇特的; 花哨的

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Collins.1 / BNC.13710 / COCA.13552



牛津词典

adj.

  1. 空想的;想象的
    based on imagination and not facts or reason
    1. 装饰独出心裁的;式样奇特的;花哨的
      decorated in an unusual style that shows imagination
      1. a fanciful gold border
        别出心裁的金色镶边

    柯林斯词典

    1. ADJ-GRADED 空想的;异想天开的
      If you describe an idea as fanciful, you disapprove of it because you think it comes from someone's imagination, and is therefore unrealistic or unlikely to be true.
      1. ...fanciful ideas about Martian life...
        有关火星生命的奇思异想
      2. Designing silicon chips to mimic human organs sounds fanciful.
        设计硅芯片模仿人的器官听上去是异想天开。
    2. ADJ-GRADED 奇异的;古怪的;花哨的
      If you describe the appearance of something as fanciful, you mean that it is unusual and elaborate rather than plain and simple.
      1. The economic gloom of the early 1980s was relieved by fanciful architecture.
        20 世纪 80 年代初期的经济萧条气氛因各种奇异古怪建筑的出现而有所缓解。

    双语例句

    1. Designing silicon chips to mimic human organs sounds fanciful.
      设计硅芯片模仿人的器官听上去是异想天开。
    2. The economic gloom of the early 1980s was relieved by fanciful architecture.
      20世纪80年代初期的经济萧条气氛因各种奇异古怪建筑的出现而有所缓解。
    3. There is no room here FOR evasive, theoretical, of fanciful interpretations of the law.
      这儿已没有余地对法律作任何含糊的理论上的或者异想天开的解释。
    4. The fanciful question-what would you do with three wishes?
      还是那个引人遐想的问题:如果可以实现三个愿望你会许什么愿?
    5. We love him because he is full of fanciful stories.
      我们喜欢他是因为他有一肚子稀奇古怪的故事。
    6. Have uttered people's limitless and fanciful thoughts.
      道出了人们不尽的遐想。
    7. Don't you think this all sounds a little fanciful?
      你不认为这一切听起来都有些不切实际吗?
    8. So it probably pays not to be too fanciful when designing your avatar.
      因此也许你在设计你的虚拟化身的时候不要设计得太奇怪会有好处。
    9. But perhaps this is very fanciful;
      但是也许这都是我的臆测;
    10. They offered a reasoned approach in place of the fanciful and uncritical accounts of the poets.
      他们用合理化的解释来代替诗人的想象和不加分析的传说。
    11. Is it too fanciful to say you can taste the exquisite beauty of these landscapes in great China tea? Some examples follow.
      如果说,从这些精妙的中国茶中能品味出中国山水的玲珑剔透,你是不是觉得太离奇了呢?
    12. 'I am being fanciful,'fanny thought wearily.
      “我是沉湎在空想中了,”范妮疲倦地想道。
    13. He considered this name far too fanciful.
      他认为这个名字太花哨了。
    14. They would not be so prosperous without the billions they made betting against the fanciful financial instruments mentioned above.
      如果不是靠做空上述稀奇古怪的金融工具赚了数十亿,他们就不会像现在这样富有。
    15. To engage in fanciful daydreaming. He saw visions of a halcyon future.
      他看到了将来的太平日子的幻境。
    16. A craze for classification and nomenclature superceded the ingenious or fanciful systems.
      对分类和命名法的狂热取代了虚幻的系统。
    17. No graceful little adornment, no fanciful little device, however trivial, anywhere expressed her influence.
      没有什么美丽灵巧的小摆设,没有什么稀奇的小玩意儿,任何地方都没有一点小的东西表示出她的影响。
    18. This is fire at its most fanciful and mysterious.
      而屋中是暖的,炉火很旺,有橙红的光晕映在雪白的墙。
    19. She considered his fear and trembling fanciful and childish.
      她认为他的恐惧和颤抖是离奇和幼稚的。
    20. In the case of this image, I wanted to represent New York in a tongue-in-cheek, fanciful way.
      在本图中,我希望用一种戏谑、荒诞的方式来表现纽约。
    21. It is not intended as a fanciful or lighthearted undertaking.
      它不应作为一种想象出来的或轻松的任务。
    22. Was thy existence then too fanciful For our life's common light, who are so dull?
      难道是你的存在太富于想象了,不能作迟钝的浮生的普遍照明?
    23. Despite such fanciful Shakespeare, ambitious Superman's dream, but Shakespeare or a mortal, this lives in sun's Shrine enjoys immortal's good wine phoenix.
      但尽管莎士比亚有这样富于幻想,野心勃勃超人的梦幻,但莎士比亚还是一个凡人,这住在太阳的神宫中享受仙人的美酒的凤凰。
    24. No doubt you thought me fanciful.
      很可能当时你认为我是在想入非非。
    25. So how can the media differentiate between fanciful hypotheses and real concerns regarding GM crops and food?
      那么,媒体如何区分不符合事实的假想和关于转基因作物和食品的真正担忧?
    26. That story about a trip to the moon is fanciful.
      那个有关旅行到月球的故事是假想的。
    27. You have a fanciful to me, my bones will become the same as with the egg Sachima crisp.
      你一对我撒娇,我的骨头就会变得跟鸡蛋沙琪玛一样酥。
    28. I am self fanciful ideas but bewilder.
      我自己假想的想法却无所适从。
    29. Even fashion editors who tout couture's more fanciful currents on the pages of their magazines venerate Sander.
      即使是在自己杂志上大力吹捧更奇巧的服装设计风潮的时装编辑,也尊敬桑德这位时装设计大师。