existing only in your mind or imagination 想象中的;幻想的;虛構的 The equator is an imaginary line around the middle of the earth. 赤道是一條假想的環繞地球腰部的線。 I had an imaginary friend when I was a child. 我小時候有一個想象中的朋友。 As children they invented the imaginary world of Gondal. 小時候,他們發明了想象中的岡達爾世界。 We must listen to their problems, real or imaginary. 我們必須傾聽他們的問題,無論是真實的還是想象的。
Extra Examplesa largely imaginary threat 基本爲假想的威脅 The story is wholly imaginary. 這個故事完全是虛構的。 Children experience a lot of imaginary fears at this age. 兒童在這個年紀會體驗很多想象中的恐懼。
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Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin imaginarius, from imago, imagin- ‘image’.