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    imagine 的英语意思

    imagineimagine /ɪˈmædʒɪn/ verb [transitive] 查看全部语言翻译1to form a picture or idea in your mind about what something could be like在脑海中对某事的情形形成画面或想法imagine (that) Imagine that you have just won a million pounds.想象一下你刚刚赢得了一百万英镑。 Imagine life without hot water.想象没有热水的生活。imagine what/how/why etc Can you imagine what it’s like when it’s really hot out here in Delhi?你能想象在德里这里真正热起来时是什么感觉吗?imagine somebody doing something She could imagine dark-robed figures moving silently along the stone corridors.她能想象出身着深色长袍的人影沿着石砌走廊悄无声息地移动。(just) imagine doing something Imagine doing a horrible job like that!想象一下做那样一份糟糕的工作! Just imagine going all that way for nothing!想象一下那么远的路白跑一趟!imagine somebody/something as something He didn’t quite dare to imagine himself as a real artist.他不太敢把自己想象成一位真正的艺术家。imagine somebody in/with/without etc something Somehow, I can’t imagine him without a beard.不知为何,我无法想象他没有胡子的样子。it’s difficult/easy/possible/impossible etc to imagine something After such a dry summer, it’s difficult to imagine what rain looks like.经历了这么干燥的夏天,很难想象雨是什么样子。GRAMMAR语法Imagine is followed by an -ing form, not an infinitive. You say: · I can’t imagine living without music. Don’t say: I can’t imagine to live without music.Grammar guide ‒ VERBSimagine 后接 -ing 形式,而非不定式。正确说法:· I can't imagine living without music. ✗不要说:I can't imagine to live without music.语法指南 ‒ 动词2to have a false or wrong idea about something对某事持有错误或不正确的想法:  Perhaps she’d never really been there at all – perhaps she’d just imagined it.也许她根本就从未真正去过那里——也许那只是她的想象。 imagined dangers想象中的危险imagine (that) She had imagined that the doctor would be male.她原以为那位医生是男性。 I was surprised when I saw the farm. I had imagined it would be much bigger.看到那个农场时我很惊讶。我原以为它会大得多。imagine something/somebody to be something There’s nobody here. You’re just imagining things.这里没有人。你只是在胡思乱想。3[not in progressive] to think that something is true or may happen, but without being sure or having proof认为某事是真的或可能发生,但并不确定,也没有证据:  ‘A very complicated subject, I imagine,’ said Edwin."这个主题非常复杂,我想,"埃德温说。imagine (that) You are obviously tired and I imagine that nothing would make you admit it.你显然很疲惫,我想不管怎样你都不会承认的。4you can/can’t imagine something British English spoken口语 used to emphasize how good, bad etc something is用于强调某事的好坏程度等You can/can’t imagine how/what/why etc You can imagine how angry I was!你可以想象我当时有多生气! You can’t imagine what a terrible week we had.你无法想象我们度过了多么糟糕的一周。COLLOCATIONS词语搭配phrases短语be easy to imagine· It’s easy to imagine how the change in the law caused a lot of confusion.· 很容易想象法律的变化如何造成了很多混乱。be hard/difficult to imagine· It’s hard to imagine the suffering she must have gone through.· 很难想象她经历过的苦难。can easily imagine· I can easily imagine how frightening the accident must have been.· 我能轻易地想象那场事故有多么恐怖。can well imagine (=can easily imagine)· I can well imagine how delighted you were with the news.· 我完全能想象你得知这个消息时有多高兴。can hardly/scarcely imagine (=find it difficult to imagine)· He could scarcely imagine what living in such poor conditions must have been like.· 他几乎无法想象生活在如此恶劣条件下会是什么滋味。can’t/couldn’t imagine· He couldn’t imagine life without his wife.· 他无法想象没有妻子的生活。what somebody had imagined (=what someone thought something would be like, before they saw it or experienced it)· The office was not what he had imagined.· 那间办公室和他想象的不一样。be bigger/smaller/worse etc than you had imagined· The job interview proved to be much worse than I had imagined it would be.· 那次求职面试结果比我想象的糟糕得多。let us imagine … (=used to encourage someone else to think about a possibility)· Let us imagine that you are an employer who wants to recruit some new staff.· 让我们设想你是一个想招聘新员工的雇主。somebody is imagining things (=someone has a false or wrong idea about something)· She’s imagining things if she thinks she has a chance of winning the prize.· 如果她以为自己有机会赢得奖项,那她是在痴心妄想。adverbs副词naively imagine (=to imagine something without realizing how complicated the situation is)· She had naively imagined that marriage would solve all her problems.· 她天真地以为婚姻能解决她所有的问题。fondly imagine (=to believe something that is untrue)· He had fondly imagined that she was in love with him.· 他一厢情愿地以为她爱上了他。THESAURUS同义词辨析imagine to form a picture or idea in your mind about what something might be like在脑海中对某事可能是何种情形形成画面或想法: · When I think of Honolulu, I imagine long white beaches and palm trees.· 一想到檀香山,我就想象起绵长的白色海滩和棕榈树。· I can’t really imagine being a millionaire.· 我真的无法想象成为百万富翁是什么感觉。visualize to form a picture of someone or something in your mind, especially something that is definitely going to happen or exist in the future在脑海中形成某人或某物的画面,尤指将来确实会发生或存在的事物: · Anna visualized meeting Greg again at the airport.· 安娜在脑海中描绘了在机场再次与格雷格相见的情景。· The finished house may be hard to visualize.· 完工后的房子可能很难在脑海中描绘出来。picture to form a clear picture of something or someone in your mind在脑海中对某物或某人形成清晰的画面: · I can still picture my father, even though he died a long time ago.· 虽然父亲很久以前就去世了,我仍能在脑海中清晰地看到他的样子。· The town was just how she had pictured it from his description.· 那个小镇正如她根据他的描述所想象的那样。envisage /ɪnˈvɪzɪdʒ/ especially British English, envision to imagine something as possible or likely to happen in the future将某事想象为将来有可能或很可能发生的: · How do you envisage your career developing over the next ten years?· 你如何设想自己的职业在未来十年的发展?· They had envisioned the creation of a single armed force, small but efficient.· 他们曾设想建立一支单一武装力量,规模小但效率高。conceive of something formal正式 to imagine a situation, especially one that is difficult to imagine想象某种情境,尤指难以想象的情境: · For many people, music is so important that they cannot conceive of life without it.· 对许多人来说,音乐如此重要,以至于他们无法想象没有音乐的生活。fantasize to imagine something exciting that you would like to happen, but that is very unlikely to happen想象令人兴奋的事情——你希望它发生,但实际上极不可能发生: · I used to fantasize about becoming a film star.· 我以前常常幻想成为电影明星。daydream to imagine pleasant things, so that you forget where you are and what you should be doing想象令人愉快的事情,以至于忘记自己身在何处以及应该做什么: · Mark began to daydream, and didn’t even hear the teacher’s question.· 马克开始做白日梦,甚至没有听到老师的提问。hallucinate to imagine that you are seeing things that are not really there, especially because you are ill or have taken drugs想象自己看到实际上并不存在的东西,尤指因生病或服用了药物: · The drug can cause some people to hallucinate.· 这种药物可能导致某些人产生幻觉。· When I saw the walls moving, I thought I must be hallucinating.· 看到墙壁在移动时,我以为自己一定是产生幻觉了。