creation

英 [kri'eɪʃn] 美 [kri'eɪʃn]

• n. 创造；创作

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [U]创造; 创建

   the act of creating

2. [C]创造物; 作品; 产物

   thing made, especially by means of skill or intelligence

3. [U]宇宙,天地万物

   the whole universe

英英释义

Noun:

1. the human act of creating

2. an artifact that has been brought into existence by someone

3. the event that occurred at the beginning of something;

   "from its creation the plan was doomed to failure"
   

4. the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new;

   "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult"
   "the foundation of a new scientific society"
   

5. (theology) God's act of bringing the universe into existence

6. everything that exists anywhere;

   "they study the evolution of the universe"
   "the biggest tree in existence"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The creation of life remains a mystery.
   生命的创造仍是个谜。
2. Job creation has become an imperative for the government.
   创造就业机会是政府必须做的事。
3. Life is the source of literary creation.
   生活是文学创作的源泉。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. The new creation of new playgrounds will benefit the local children.
   新游戏场的建立将有益于当地的儿童。
2. This artist's creations are worth collecting.
   这个艺术家的作品值得收藏。
3. Language is the most important mental creation of man.
   语言是人类头脑最重要的产物。
4. Are we the only thinking species in the whole of creation?
   我们是万物中唯一有思想的物种吗?

经典引文

• For the first time since the creation every continent and every sea was under fire.

  出自： M. Innes

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

形容词+～

• mental creation 精神产物
• the whole creation 万物,全世界

名词+～

• art creation 一件艺术作品

～+介词

• creation of a great artist 艺术大师的作品
• creation of an empire 帝国的创立
• creation of the brain 头脑的产物

词语用法

n. (名词)

1. creation用作名词主要指“创造,创建”的行为,是抽象名词。指凭借技艺或才智而创造的具体的“创造物”“作品”“产物”时，用作可数名词,用于比喻可指“宇宙,天地万物”,此时首字母常大写,用作不可数名词。“the Creation”的意思则是“(《圣经》中所说的上帝的)创造宇宙”。

近反义词

【近义词】

• universe 宇宙
• cosmos 宇宙
• formation 形成
• nature 自然界
• institution 制定
• production 生产
• original 原始的
• product 产品
• ingenuity 心灵手巧
• coinage 硬币
• achievement 成就
• novelty 【C】新奇
• conception 概念
• world 世界
• innovation 创新
• making 制成
• construction 建设
• manufacture （手工）制造...
• life 一生
• invention 发明
• handiwork 手工品
• fabrication 制造
• concept 观念
• instauration 恢复
• founding 建立
• existence 存在
• origination 开始
• foundation 根基
• macrocosm 宇宙
• introduction 介绍
• initiation 开始
• creative activity 创造性活动