1. 灵感;启示;启发
    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...
           我的灵感源于像波德莱尔和雅克·普雷韦这样的诗人。
    e.g. What better way of finding inspiration for your own garden than by visiting others.
           还有什么比参观别人花园更好的获取灵感、扮靓自家花园的方法呢。

2. 激励(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...
           鲍威尔升任高官的不寻常历程对数以百万计的人都是一个激励。
    e.g. She was a great inspiration. She was the person who impressed us with the importance of research.
           她极大地鼓舞了我们，让我们深刻了解到研究的重要性。

3. 灵感来源;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...
           印度的神话与歌曲是她那些书的灵感来源。
    e.g. The inspiration behind the reforms was a paper written in 1985.
           改革的想法源于 1985 年的一篇论文。

4. 妙计;好办法
    If you suddenly have an inspiration, you suddenly think of an idea of what to do or say.

    e.g. Alison had an inspiration.
           艾莉森有了条妙计。