inspired by:受……启发;由……激发灵感;以……为灵感来源。常用于说明某个作品、想法或决定的来源。(有时也可引申为“因为……而受到鼓舞”。)
/ɪnˈspaɪərd baɪ/
The poster was inspired by nature.
这张海报的灵感来自大自然。
Her research was inspired by a question she heard in class, which later became the focus of her thesis.
她的研究灵感来自课堂上听到的一个问题,后来那成了她论文的核心。
inspire 源自拉丁语 inspirare,由 *in-*(“进入”)+ spirare(“呼吸”)构成,原义有“吹入气息、注入生命/灵感”之意。inspired by 作为常用搭配,用来明确指出“灵感来源于……”。