1. 靈感;啟示;啟發(fā)
    Inspiration is a feeling of enthusiasm you get from someone or something, which gives you new and creative ideas.

    e.g. My inspiration comes from poets like Baudelaire and Jacques Prévert...
           我的靈感源于像波德萊爾和雅克·普雷韋這樣的詩(shī)人。
    e.g. What better way of finding inspiration for your own garden than by visiting others.
           還有什么比參觀別人花園更好的獲取靈感、扮靚自家花園的方法呢。

2. 激勵(lì)(者);鼓舞(者)
    If you describe someone or something good as an inspiration, you mean that they make you or other people want to do or achieve something.

inspiration

    e.g. Powell's unusual journey to high office is an inspiration to millions...
           鮑威爾升任高官的不尋常歷程對(duì)數(shù)以百萬(wàn)計(jì)的人都是一個(gè)激勵(lì)。
    e.g. She was a great inspiration. She was the person who impressed us with the importance of research.
           她極大地鼓舞了我們，讓我們深刻了解到研究的重要性。

3. 靈感來(lái)源;原型
    If something or someone is the inspiration for a particular book, work of art, or action, they are the source of the ideas in it or act as a model for it.

    e.g. India's myths and songs are the inspiration for her books...
           印度的神話與歌曲是她那些書的靈感來(lái)源。
    e.g. The inspiration behind the reforms was a paper written in 1985.
           改革的想法源于 1985 年的一篇論文。

4. 妙計(jì);好辦法
    If you suddenly have an inspiration, you suddenly think of an idea of what to do or say.

    e.g. Alison had an inspiration.
           艾莉森有了條妙計(jì)。