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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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cre·a·tive1 /kriˈeɪtɪv/ ●●○ W3 adjective  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 adverbcreativeness noun [uncountable]
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creativeBut it also contains many plot elements with which you can be creative.I enjoy my job, but I'd like to do something more creative.We encourage the children to use their creative abilities.The creative advertiser has the function of stimulating arousal in buyers.We need someone creative and enthusiastic to take this project forward.Some groups are very decisive, very productive, very creative and very satisfying for their members.creative architectural designsChildren should be allowed to develop their creative as well as their academic abilities.I move confidently among the technicians, the ideas-men and creative consultants, the engineers and fine-tuners.Tarantino is one of Hollywood's most creative directors.Our goals-peace based on military strength and creative foreign policy, economic growth, tax re-form, and fiscal sanity-would never change.But there was next to no creative intellectual stimulation.Davis was one of the most creative jazz musicians of our time.It's creative recycling as much as material recycling.Communities are more flexible and creative than large service bureaucracies.Ed, you are so creative - where did you learn to draw like that?This year's prize goes to the creative young author Ben Williams.creative writingAnd she has tried to defuse the threat which science undoubtedly can pose against creative writing.It is not surprising, then, that this leads many facilities to indulge in creative writing.Martha was the recently appointed tutor in creative writing.Janice was in Martha's creative writing class and wrote short, bland poetry that resembled vapid Anglican hymns.Bob did do the creative writing paper, he just didn't know it.He's easily distracted from anything that isn't creative writing, though, very up-and-down.That is the nature of creative writing to me.
creative2 noun [countable] informal  someone such as a writer or artist who uses their imagination or skills to make things 〔作家或艺术家之类〕搞创作的人,创作者
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creativeFor creatives, then, the strategy needs to be clear, brief; but also stimulating.
From Longman Business Dictionarycreativecre‧a‧tive1 /kriˈeɪtɪv/ adjective1producing or using new and interesting ideasThe movie company has come under criticism for focusing too heavily on marketing and not enough on creative issues.He regularly gives lectures and classes on creative thinking.2MARKETINGrelating to the work of producing advertisements etc at an ADVERTISING AGENCY, rather than management of the agencyShe is leaving the agency to take a senior creative position elsewhere.creativity noun [uncountable]creativeness noun [uncountable]creativecreative2 noun [countable] informalMARKETINGHUMAN RESOURCES someone working for a company that produces books, advertisements, or films, whose job involves writing, drawing, or having new ideas, and who does not have to wear a suit or neat clothes when they are at work compare suit
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creative1 W3 /kriˈeɪtɪv/ adjective
 Word Family: noun: creation, creativity, creator, creativeness; verb: create, recreate; adverb: creatively; adjective: creativeUNCREATIVE
1. involving the use of imagination to produce new ideas or things:
    This job is so boring. I wish I could do something more creative.
    I teach creative writing at Trinity College.
    the creative process of writing a poem
    Diaghilev did his great creative work in France.
    a creative solution to the problem
2. someone who is creative is very good at using their imagination to make things ⇨ inventive:
    You’re so creative! I could never make my own clothes.
—creatively adverb
—creativeness noun [uncountable]

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creative2 noun [countable] informal
someone such as a writer or artist who uses their imagination or skills to make things


cre·ative AW BrE /kriˈeɪtɪv/ 🔊NAmE /kriˈeɪtɪv/ 🔊 adjective [only before noun] involving the use of skill and the imagination to produce sth new or a work of art 创造(性)的;创作的a course on creative writing (= writing stories, plays and poems) 文学创作课程the creative and performing arts创作与表演艺术creative thinking (= thinking about problems in a new way or thinking of new ideas) 创造性思维the company's creative team公司的创新组the creative process创作的过程having the skill and ability to produce sth new, especially a work of art; showing this ability 有创造力的;(尤指艺术作品)创作的;表现创造力的She's very creativeshe writes poetry and paints. 她极富创造力,既赋诗又作画。🔊🔊Do you have any ideas? You're the creative one. 你有何高见?你是有创见的人。🔊🔊 cre·ative·ly AW BrE /kriˈeɪtɪvli/ 🔊NAmE /kriˈeɪtɪvli/ 🔊 adverb cre·ativ·ity AW BrE /ˌkriːeɪˈtɪvəti/ 🔊NAmE /ˌkriːeɪˈtɪvəti/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] Creativity and originality are more important than technical skill. 创造力和原创性比专门技术更为重要。🔊🔊
cre·ative AW BrE /kriˈeɪtɪv/ 🔊NAmE /kriˈeɪtɪv/ 🔊 noun [countable] a person who is creative 富于创造力的人;搞创作的人The exhibition features the paintings of local creatives. 这个展览会展出的是当地画家的作品。🔊🔊 [uncountable] creative ideas or material 创意;创作素材We need to produce better creative if we want to attract big clients. 要吸引大客户,我们就得拿出更好的创意。🔊🔊