imagine
verb- [transitive, intransitive]
to form a picture in your mind of what something might be like 想象；设想 - imagine something
The house was just as she had imagined it. 这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，当我打开门发现他站在那里时，我有多惊讶。 I can't imagine life without the children now. 我现在无法设想没有了孩子们的生活。 It's hard to imagine a more cynical political strategy. 很难想象还有比这更愤世嫉俗的政治策略。 - imagine (that)…
Close your eyes and imagine (that) you are in a forest. 闭上眼睛，设想自己在森林里。 - imagine what, how, etc…
Can you imagine what it must be like to lose your job after 20 years? 你能想象得出干了 20 年之后被辞退会是什么样的滋味吗？ - imagine doing something
Imagine earning that much money! 想想看，竟赚那么多的钱！ She imagined walking into the office and handing in her resignation. 她想象着自己走进办公室，递上辞呈。 - imagine somebody/something doing something
I can just imagine him saying that! 我确实能想到他那么说！ - imagine somebody/something to be/do something
I had imagined her to be older than that. 我本来以为她的年龄还要大一些。 - imagine somebody/something/yourself (as) something
He loved to imagine himself as the hero. 他喜欢把自己想象成男主人公。 I find it difficult to imagine her a grandmother. 我很难想象她是祖母。 I can imagine him really angry. 我可以想象得出他怒气冲冲的样子。 - (informal)
‘He was furious.’ ‘I can imagine.’ “他气疯了。” “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. 这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. 我们猜想不出来你到哪里去了。 Just think—this time tomorrow we’ll be lying on a beach. 想想看，明天这个时候我们就躺在海滩上了。
- see to consider something as a future possibility; to imagine somebody as something:
I can’t see her changing her mind. 我无法想象她会改变主意。 His colleagues see him as a future director. 他的同事认为他很可能是未来的负责人。
- envisage (especially British English)
to imagine what will happen in the future: 指想象、设想、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. 他们向往一个没有贫穷和疾病的平等社会。
- 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? 你能想象一个没有繁重工作的世界吗？ I can well imagine the atmosphere at home at this moment. 我完全可以想象出此刻家中的气氛。 If I'm late home my mother always imagines the worst. 如果我回家晚了，我妈妈总是想象最坏的情况。 I can't even begin to imagine the horrors that they have been through. 我一点儿都无法想象他们所经历的那些恐惧。 I could clearly imagine the scene in the office. 我可以清楚地想象出办公室里的场景。 It is difficult to imagine a world without money. 一个没有货币的世界是难以想象的。 She could just imagine her mother's look of horror. 她完全可以想象出母亲脸上恐惧的表情。 I had fondly imagined that riding a mule would be easy. 我曾经天真地以为骑骡子很容易。 I'd like to imagine that she's safe and happy somewhere. 我想想象她在某个地方安全快乐。 She had imagined that she'd get a warm welcome. 她原以为会受到热烈欢迎。 I started to imagine what he might say. 我开始设想他会说些什么。 He hardly dared to imagine what else was going to be divulged. 他几乎不敢想象还会泄露别的什么信息。 Let us imagine what really might have happened. 咱们试想一下到底可能发生了什么情况。 She imagined walking onto the stage to huge applause. 她想象着在巨大的掌声中走上舞台。 I could hardly imagine living in such a remote and desolate spot. 在这样一个偏远、荒凉的地方生活，我几乎无法想象。 I always imagined him following in his father's footsteps. 我一直以为他会子承父业。 I can't actually imagine her falling for that trick. 我真想象不到她竟然上了那个当。 The sight was disturbing as you can quite imagine. 正如你所能想象的那样，那景象令人不安。 There's more at stake here than you can possibly imagine. 这儿的风险远比你能想到的要大。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- clearly
- easily
- readily
- …
- can
- try to
- begin to
- …
- let us imagine
- imagine something
- [transitive]
to believe something that is not true 误以为；胡乱猜想；猜测 - imagine (that)…
He’s always imagining (that) we’re talking about him behind his back. 他总是胡乱猜想我们在背后说他的闲话。 - imagine something
There's nobody there. You're imagining things. 那里根本没有人。你在胡思乱想。
Extra ExamplesHe was always keen to avenge insults, real or imagined. 他睚眦必报，不管是真的受辱还是只是臆想出来的。 She knew she was simply imagining things. 她知道自己仅仅是幻想而已。
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；认为 Express Yourself SpeculatingSpeculating 作出推测 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: 考试中有时需要谈论图画内容并据此就其情境或更广泛的问题作出推测，可使用以下表达方式： I think it's likely that these people know each other. 我认为这些人可能彼此认识。
I imagine she's his wife. 我猜她是他的妻子。
They might/may/could be related. 他们可能有亲属关系。
I would think/imagine/guess they've been waiting for some time. 我猜他们已经等了一段时间。
I guess that the car has broken down. 我猜是车抛锚了。
I think this has probably happened before. 我觉得这事很可能以前发生过。
It looks to me as though the woman is very angry. 我看这女人好像很生气。
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.’ “我们还能买到音乐会的票吗？” “我想可以吧。” - imagine (that)…
I don’t imagine (that) they’ll refuse. 我认为他们不会拒绝。
Extra ExamplesTopics Doubt, guessing and certaintyb1I don't imagine he'll get here now, do you? 我认为他现在不会到这里来，你说呢？ You don't seriously imagine I'll agree to that? 你不是真以为我会同意吧？ I could almost imagine you were jealous. 我差点儿误以为你是嫉妒。 You shouldn't imagine that he's anything but a ruthless man. 你不应该认为他是一个冷酷无情的人。
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’.