Imagine a burst of inspiration being breathed into you like air, so that you suddenly think of — or pull off — something far better than usual. Inspired describes that lit-up state, as if a bright idea arrived from outside you.
From the word’s history
Inspired goes back to Latin inspirare — in- 'into' + spirare 'to breathe' — literally 'to breathe into'. The early sense was of a god breathing an idea or impulse into a person; the modern 'brilliant, as if divinely gifted' grows straight out of that picture.
inspired 來自拉丁文 inspirare，拆開是 in-（進去）＋ spirare（呼吸），字面就是『把氣吹進去』。最早指神把某個念頭或衝動吹進人心裡；今天『出色得像有神助』的意思，正是從這個畫面長出來的。
Etymonline, 'inspire' (https://www.etymonline.com/word/inspire); Merriam-Webster, 'The Origins of Inspire'.
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inspiredadj/ɪnˈspaɪɹd/
- 1
Having excellence through inspiration.
- The actor's inspired performance of Hamlet's soliloquy left the audience dumbfounded.
- New Zealand were crowned world champions for the first time in 24 years after squeezing past an inspired France team by a single point.
- 2
Filled with inspiration or motivated.
- The artist was inspired to paint a true masterpiece.
- He was inspired to learn to fly.
- 3
lifestylereligionInfused with power or knowledge granted from a supernatural entity; possessing inspiration from the divine.
- Korean shamans are thought to be capable of inspired speech, in which they convey the words of the gods.
- The point which I wish to establish is this, that the whole prediction of the future establishment of the religion of the Gospel was an inspired prediction, a prediction answerable to the highest test of a supernatural prescience.
- 4
Drawn into the lungs; inhaled.
- 5
obsoleteInflated.
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