Inspiration

(noun.) arousing to a particular emotion or action.

(noun.) a product of your creative thinking and work; 'he had little respect for the inspirations of other artists'; 'after years of work his brainchild was a tangible reality'.

(noun.) a sudden intuition as part of solving a problem.

(noun.) arousal of the mind to special unusual activity or creativity.

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• I could not conceive or believe: it was more like an inspiration. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• The very next day however produced some proof of inspiration. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• Edison always stood shoulder to shoulder with his associates, but no one ever questioned the leadership, nor was it ever in doubt where the inspiration originated. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Estella was the inspiration of it, and the heart of it, of course. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• Faraday, to whom also was given Promethean inspiration, procured some of Walker's matches and brought them to public notice. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• It had been easy enough to write the date, and Dear Mr. Rosedale--but after that her inspiration flagged. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• The whole history of science shows that it is to the worker that the inspiration comes, and that new ideas develop from old ideas. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• Then, after a moment's pondering, almost to her own surprise she broke out with a flash of inspiration: Well, go over and see Mr. Selden. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• I believe it was an inspiration rather than a temptation: it was very genial, very soothing--I know that. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• I reached it, and once more drew a free inspiration. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• I understood, as by inspiration, the nature of his love for Miss Oliver; I agreed with him that it was but a love of the senses. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Generally speaking, non-technical and uninitiated persons have a tendency to regard an invention as being more or less the ultimate result of some happy inspiration. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• In this work he writes under the inspiration of Greek philosophy. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• And there Mrs. Snagsby is seized with an inspiration. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Consequently it looked back to the records upon which it drew, instead of looking out directly upon nature and society, for material and inspiration. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• He began to draw his breath with long, deep inspirations; and his broad chest rose and fell, heavily. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• But the practice of a fine art is far from being a matter of extemporized inspirations. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.

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