查词 - imagine

1 to form a picture or idea in your mind about what something could be like 想象

imagine (that)

Imagine that you have just won a million pounds.

想象一下你刚刚赢得一百万英镑。

Imagine life without hot water.

想象一下没有热水的生活。

imagine what/how/why etc

Can you imagine what it’s like when it’s really hot out here in Delhi?

你能想象在酷热的德里这儿生活是什么样子吗？

imagine sb doing sth

She could imagine dark-robed figures moving silently along the stone corridors.

她能想象得出身穿黑袍的人影悄悄穿过石头走廊的样子。

(just) imagine doing sth

Imagine doing a horrible job like that!

想象一下做那种可怕的工作吧！

Just imagine going all that way for nothing!

真没想到白白地走了那么多的路！

imagine sb/sth as sth

He didn’t quite dare to imagine himself as a real artist.

他真不敢把自己想象成一个真正的艺术家。

imagine sb in/with/without etc sth

Somehow I can’t imagine him without a beard.

不知为什么，我就是无法想象他没有胡子的样子。

it is difficult/easy/possible/impossible etc to imagine sth

After such a dry summer, it’s difficult to imagine what rain looks like.

经过如此干燥的夏季，很难想象下雨的样子。

2 to have a false or wrong idea about something 胡思乱想; 误以为

Perhaps she’d never really been there at all – perhaps she’d just imagined it.

可能她从未到过那儿 — 也许这都是她的幻想。

imagined dangers

凭空臆想出来的危险

imagine (that)

She had imagined that the doctor would be male.

她原本以为会是个男医生。

I was surprised when I saw the farm. I had imagined it would be much bigger.

看见农场时我很惊讶 — 我原来想象它会大得多。

imagine sth/sb to be sth

There’s nobody here. You’re just imagining things .

这儿没人，你只是在胡思乱想。

3 to think that something is true or may happen, but without being sure or having proof 〔不肯定或没有根据地〕猜想，猜测 not in progressive 不用进行式

‘A very complicated subject, I imagine,’ said Edwin.

“一个非常复杂的问题，我猜想，”埃德温说。

imagine (that)

You are obviously tired and I imagine that nothing would make you admit it.

你明显是累了，但我想你是绝对不肯承认的。

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you can/can’t imagine sth

used to emphasize how good, bad etc something is [英，口] 你能想象到/你想象不到某事〔用于强调某物好、坏等的程度〕 BrE spoken

You can/can’t imagine how/what/why etc

You can imagine how angry I was!

你能想象我当时有多生气!

You can’t imagine what a terrible week we had.

你想象不到我们经历了多么可怕的一个星期。