used with superlatives, and with all and every, to emphasize that something is the best, worst, etc. that you can imagine, or includes every possible example （与形容词最高级或与 all、every 连用，表示强调或概括）想象得到的 The house has the most spectacular views imaginable. 从这所房子可以看到所能想象的最壮丽的景色。 They stock every imaginable type of pasta. 他们备有各种能想到的意大利面食。 Each trainee must be able to respond effectively to all imaginable crises. 每个受训者必须能够有效地应对所有可以想象的危机。
Extra ExamplesIt was the most boring movie imaginable! 这部电影要多无聊有多无聊。 They had every colour imaginable. 他们有各种可以想象的颜色。 They live in the worst conditions imaginable. 他们的居住条件之差你怎么形容都不为过。 He used the worst type of language imaginable. 他使用了可以想象到的最糟糕的语言。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- barely
- hardly
- scarcely
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- the most… imaginable
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possible to imagine 可想象的 Extra ExamplesTo such poor people, the idea of having a choice of food is barely imaginable. 对如此贫苦的人来说，挑选食物是想也不敢想的事。 What those prisoners went through is hardly imaginable. 很难想象那些囚犯都经历了些什么。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- barely
- hardly
- scarcely
- …
- the best… imaginable
- the most… imaginable
- the worst… imaginable
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from late Latin imaginabilis, from Latin imaginare ‘form an image of, represent’, from imago, imagin- ‘image’.