imagine
verb
ɪˈmædʒɪən
verb
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。
4
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。