fantasy

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  • n. 幻想;白日梦;幻觉
  • adj. 虚幻的
  • vt. 空想;想像
  • vi. 耽于幻想;奏幻想曲(等于phantasy)
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记忆方法

1、fant- + -asy.
2、其实也就是看得见摸不着的东西,也就是很虚幻、很梦幻的东西。
3、其词根的原始含义为:visible, appear. => only image or picture, picture to oneself, imagine.
4、由此,该词的含义就很明确了:幻想,空想,狂想,白日梦;错觉,幻觉;怪念头,想入非非。
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中文词源

fantasy 幻想

来自PIE*bha, 发光,照耀,词源同beacon, phantasm. 引申义白日做梦,幻想。

英语词源

fantasy
fantasy: see fancy
fantasy (n.)
early 14c., "illusory appearance," from Old French fantaisie, phantasie "vision, imagination" (14c.), from Latin phantasia, from Greek phantasia "power of imagination; appearance, image, perception," from phantazesthai "picture to oneself," from phantos "visible," from phainesthai "appear," in late Greek "to imagine, have visions," related to phaos, phos "light," phainein "to show, to bring to light" (see phantasm). Sense of "whimsical notion, illusion" is pre-1400, followed by that of "fantastic imagination," which is first attested 1530s. Sense of "day-dream based on desires" is from 1926. In early use in English also fantasie, phantasy, etc. As the name of a fiction genre, from 1949.

权威例句

1. The film starts off realistically and then develops into a ridiculous fantasy.
电影以写实开头,然后却发展成为荒诞的幻想。
2. She clings to a romantic fantasy of wedded bliss.
她沉醉于婚后幸福的浪漫幻想。
3. She invents fantasy lives for her own vicarious pleasure.
她幻想过着各种奇妙的生活,从想入非非中获得乐趣。
4. Falling in love the first time is all froth and fantasy.
初恋完全是一场虚幻的美梦。
5. Children use fantasy to explore worrying aspects of real life.
孩子们用幻想来探索实际生活中令人不安的各种事情。

词语辨析

【fantasy, fancy, imagination】
这组词都有“想象,幻想”的意思,其区别是:
fantasy: 指与现实完全脱节,荒诞离谱、稀奇古怪的想象。
fancy: 指脱离实际的幻想或幻想力,常暗含所想象的东西近乎怪诞的意味。
imagination: 含义广,一般不含贬义。可指认真、带有启发性的想象,也可指凭记忆的想象或凭空想象事物的能力。

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