imagine
verb- [transitive, intransitive]
to form a picture in your mind of what something might be like 想象；設想 - imagine something
The house was just as she had imagined it. 這房子正如她所想象的。 Imagine my surprise when I opened the door to find him standing there. 想象一下，當我打開門發現他站在那裏時，我有多驚訝。 I can't imagine life without the children now. 我現在無法設想沒有了孩子們的生活。 It's hard to imagine a more cynical political strategy. 很難想象還有比這更憤世嫉俗的政治策略。 - imagine (that)…
Close your eyes and imagine (that) you are in a forest. 閉上眼睛，設想自己在森林裏。 - imagine what, how, etc…
Can you imagine what it must be like to lose your job after 20 years? 你能想象得出幹了 20 年之後被辭退會是什麽樣的滋味嗎？ - imagine doing something
Imagine earning that much money! 想想看，竟賺那麽多的錢！ She imagined walking into the office and handing in her resignation. 她想象着自己走進辦公室，遞上辭呈。 - imagine somebody/something doing something
I can just imagine him saying that! 我確實能想到他那麽說！ - imagine somebody/something to be/do something
I had imagined her to be older than that. 我本來以爲她的年齡還要大一些。 - imagine somebody/something/yourself (as) something
He loved to imagine himself as the hero. 他喜歡把自己想象成男主人公。 I find it difficult to imagine her a grandmother. 我很難想象她是祖母。 I can imagine him really angry. 我可以想象得出他怒氣沖沖的樣子。 - (informal)
‘He was furious.’ ‘I can imagine.’ “他氣瘋了。” “我想象得出。”
Synonyms imagineimagine- think
- see
- envisage
- envision
- imagine to form an idea in your mind of what somebody/something might be like:
The house was just as she had imagined it. 這房子正如她所想象的。
- think to imagine something that might happen or might have happened:
We couldn’t think where you’d gone. 我們猜想不出來你到哪裏去了。 Just think—this time tomorrow we’ll be lying on a beach. 想想看，明天這個時候我們就躺在海灘上了。
- see to consider something as a future possibility; to imagine somebody as something:
I can’t see her changing her mind. 我無法想象她會改變主意。 His colleagues see him as a future director. 他的同事認爲他很可能是未來的負責人。
- envisage (especially British English)
to imagine what will happen in the future: 指想象、設想、展望： I don’t envisage working with him again. 我想象不出有再和他共事的可能。
- envision to imagine what a situation will be like in the future, especially a situation that you intend to work towards:
They envision an equal society, free from poverty and disease. 他們向往一個沒有貧窮和疾病的平等社會。
- to imagine/see/envisage/envision somebody/something as something
- to imagine/see/envisage/envision (somebody) doing something
- to imagine/think/see/envisage/envision who/what/how…
- to imagine/think/envisage/envision that…
More Like This Verbs usually followed by -ing formsVerbs usually followed by -ing formsExtra ExamplesCan you imagine a world free from the drudgery of work? 你能想象一個沒有繁重工作的世界嗎？ I can well imagine the atmosphere at home at this moment. 我完全可以想象出此刻家中的氣氛。 If I'm late home my mother always imagines the worst. 如果我回家晚了，我媽媽總是想象最壞的情況。 I can't even begin to imagine the horrors that they have been through. 我一點兒都無法想象他們所經歷的那些恐懼。 I could clearly imagine the scene in the office. 我可以清楚地想象出辦公室裏的場景。 It is difficult to imagine a world without money. 一個沒有貨幣的世界是難以想象的。 She could just imagine her mother's look of horror. 她完全可以想象出母親臉上恐懼的表情。 I had fondly imagined that riding a mule would be easy. 我曾經天真地以爲騎騾子很容易。 I'd like to imagine that she's safe and happy somewhere. 我想想象她在某個地方安全快樂。 She had imagined that she'd get a warm welcome. 她原以爲會受到熱烈歡迎。 I started to imagine what he might say. 我開始設想他會說些什麽。 He hardly dared to imagine what else was going to be divulged. 他幾乎不敢想象還會洩露别的什麽信息。 Let us imagine what really might have happened. 咱們試想一下到底可能發生了什麽情況。 She imagined walking onto the stage to huge applause. 她想象着在巨大的掌聲中走上舞台。 I could hardly imagine living in such a remote and desolate spot. 在這樣一個偏遠、荒涼的地方生活，我幾乎無法想象。 I always imagined him following in his father's footsteps. 我一直以爲他會子承父業。 I can't actually imagine her falling for that trick. 我真想象不到她竟然上了那個當。 The sight was disturbing as you can quite imagine. 正如你所能想象的那樣，那景象令人不安。 There's more at stake here than you can possibly imagine. 這兒的風險遠比你能想到的要大。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- clearly
- easily
- readily
- …
- can
- try to
- begin to
- …
- let us imagine
- imagine something
- [transitive]
to believe something that is not true 誤以爲；胡亂猜想；猜測 - imagine (that)…
He’s always imagining (that) we’re talking about him behind his back. 他總是胡亂猜想我們在背後說他的閒話。 - imagine something
There's nobody there. You're imagining things. 那裏根本沒有人。你在胡思亂想。
Extra ExamplesHe was always keen to avenge insults, real or imagined. 他睚眦必報，不管是真的受辱還是只是臆想出來的。 She knew she was simply imagining things. 她知道自己僅僅是幻想而已。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- really
- seriously
- almost
- …
- be easy to
- be imagining things
- real and imagined
- real or imagined
- …
- imagine (that)…
- [intransitive, transitive]
to think that something is probably true 料想；認爲 Express Yourself SpeculatingSpeculating 作出推測 In some exams, you have to talk about what you can see in a picture and speculate about the situation or a wider issue prompted by the picture. These are ways of saying what you think might be the case: 考試中有時需要談論圖畫内容並據此就其情境或更廣泛的問題作出推測，可使用以下表達方式： I think it's likely that these people know each other. 我認爲這些人可能彼此認識。
I imagine she's his wife. 我猜她是他的妻子。
They might/may/could be related. 他們可能有親屬關系。
I would think/imagine/guess they've been waiting for some time. 我猜他們已經等了一段時間。
I guess that the car has broken down. 我猜是車抛錨了。
I think this has probably happened before. 我覺得這事很可能以前發生過。
It looks to me as though the woman is very angry. 我看這女人好像很生氣。
Perhaps/Probably/Possibly/It may be that/Maybe there has been an accident. 可能出了事故。
‘Can we still buy tickets for the concert?’ ‘I imagine so.’ “我們還能買到音樂會的票嗎？” “我想可以吧。” - imagine (that)…
I don’t imagine (that) they’ll refuse. 我認爲他們不會拒絕。
Extra ExamplesTopics Doubt, guessing and certaintyb1I don't imagine he'll get here now, do you? 我認爲他現在不會到這裏來，你說呢？ You don't seriously imagine I'll agree to that? 你不是真以爲我會同意吧？ I could almost imagine you were jealous. 我差點兒誤以爲你是嫉妒。 You shouldn't imagine that he's anything but a ruthless man. 你不應該認爲他是一個冷酷無情的人。
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French imaginer, from Latin imaginare ‘form an image of, represent’ and imaginari ‘picture to oneself’, both from imago, imagin- ‘image’.