cre·a·tive1 /kriˈeɪtɪv/ ●●○ W3 adjectiveadj 1 IDEAinvolving the use of imagination to produce new ideas or things 创造(性)的 This job is so boring. I wish I could do something more creative. 这工作太单调了,我希望能做些更有创造性的事情。
I teach creative writing at Trinity College. 我在三一学院教创意写作。
the creative process of writing a poem 写诗的创作过程
Diaghilev did his great creative work in France. 狄亚格列夫在法国编创了富有创新性的伟大作品。
a creative solution to the problem 这一问题的创新性解决方法
2 AART/CULTUREsomeone who is creative is very good at using their imagination to make things 〔人〕有创造力的 → inventive You’re so creative! I could never make my own clothes. 你真有创造力!我从来不会自己做衣服。
—creatively adverbadv
—creativeness noun [uncountableU]