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imagine imagine ★★★★☆/ɪmæ̱ʤɪn/1[VERB	动词]想象；设想 If you imagine something, you think about it and your mind forms a picture or idea of it.   [V n/-ing]  [V wh]  [V that]  [V n -ing/prep]He could not imagine a more peaceful scene...他想象不出比这更祥和的景象。She couldn't imagine living in a place like that...她无法想象住在那样一个地方。Can you imagine how she must have felt when Mary Brent turned up with me in tow?...你能想象得到她看见我和玛丽·布伦特出双入对时有何感受吗？Imagine you're lying on a beach, listening to the steady rhythm of waves lapping the shore...想象一下你正躺在海滩上，倾听海浪有节奏地轻轻拍打海岸的声音。I can't imagine you being unfair to anyone, Leigh.利，我想象不出你会对谁不公正。2[VERB	动词]猜测；猜想；认为 If you imagine that something is the case, you think that it is the case.   [V that]  [V so/not]I imagine you're referring to Jean-Paul Sartre...我猜你说的是让－保罗·萨特。We tend to imagine that the Victorians were very prim and proper...我们往往认为维多利亚时代的人们都一本正经，谨言慎行。'Was he meeting someone?' — 'I imagine so.'“他在和谁约会吗？”——“我猜是的。”3[VERB	动词]臆想；幻想 If you imagine something, you think that you have seen, heard, or experienced that thing, although actually you have not.   [V n]  [Also V that]I realised that I must have imagined the whole thing.我意识到大概整件事都是我臆想出来的。 imaginei‧ma‧gine /ɪˈmædʒɪn/ ●●● S1 W2 verb [transitive]  Word Origin Verb Table Examples Thesaurus Collocations Phrases Word family 1to form a picture or idea in your mind about what something could be likeimagine (that) Imagine that you have just won a million pounds. Imagine life without hot water.imagine what/how/why etc Can you imagine what it’s like when it’s really hot out here in Delhi?imagine somebody doing something She could imagine dark-robed figures moving silently along the stone corridors.(just) imagine doing something Imagine doing a horrible job like that! Just imagine going all that way for nothing!imagine somebody/something as something He didn’t quite dare to imagine himself as a real artist.imagine somebody in/with/without etc something Somehow, I can’t imagine him without a beard.it’s difficult/easy/possible/impossible etc to imagine something After such a dry summer, it’s difficult to imagine what rain looks like.GRAMMARImagine is followed by an -ing form, not an infinitive. You say: · I can’t imagine living without music. ✗Don’t say:  I can’t imagine to live without music.Grammar guide ‒ VERBS2to have a false or wrong idea about something:  Perhaps she’d never really been there at all – perhaps she’d just imagined it. imagined dangersimagine (that) She had imagined that the doctor would be male. I was surprised when I saw the farm. I had imagined it would be much bigger.imagine something/somebody to be something There’s nobody here. You’re just imagining things.3[not in progressive] to think that something is true or may happen, but without being sure or having proof:  ‘A very complicated subject, I imagine,’ said Edwin.imagine (that) You are obviously tired and I imagine that nothing would make you admit it.4you can/can’t imagine something British English spoken used to emphasize how good, bad etc something isYou can/can’t imagine how/what/why etc You can imagine how angry I was! You can’t imagine what a terrible week we had.COLLOCATIONSphrasesbe easy to imagine· It’s easy to imagine how the change in the law caused a lot of confusion.be hard/difficult to imagine· It’s hard to imagine the suffering she must have gone through.can easily imagine· I can easily imagine how frightening the accident must have been.can well imagine (=can easily imagine)· I can well imagine how delighted you were with the news.can hardly/scarcely imagine (=find it difficult to imagine)· He could scarcely imagine what living in such poor conditions must have been like.can’t/couldn’t imagine· He couldn’t imagine life without his wife.what somebody had imagined (=what someone thought something would be like, before they saw it or experienced it)· The office was not what he had imagined.be bigger/smaller/worse etc than you had imagined· The job interview proved to be much worse than I had imagined it would be.let us imagine … (=used to encourage someone else to think about a possibility)· Let us imagine that you are an employer who wants to recruit some new staff.somebody is imagining things (=someone has a false or wrong idea about something)· She’s imagining things if she thinks she has a chance of winning the prize.adverbsnaively imagine (=to imagine something without realizing how complicated the situation is)· She had naively imagined that marriage would solve all her problems.fondly imagine (=to believe something that is untrue)· He had fondly imagined that she was in love with him.THESAURUSimagine to form a picture or idea in your mind about what something might be like: · When I think of Honolulu, I imagine long white beaches and palm trees.· I can’t really imagine being a millionaire.visualize to form a picture of someone or something in your mind, especially something that is definitely going to happen or exist in the future: · Anna visualized meeting Greg again at the airport.· The finished house may be hard to visualize.picture to form a clear picture of something or someone in your mind: · I can still picture my father, even though he died a long time ago.· The town was just how she had pictured it from his description.envisage /ɪnˈvɪzɪdʒ/ especially British English, envision to imagine something as possible or likely to happen in the future: · How do you envisage your career developing over the next ten years?· They had envisioned the creation of a single armed force, small but efficient.conceive of something formal to imagine a situation, especially one that is difficult to imagine: · For many people, music is so important that they cannot conceive of life without it.fantasize to imagine something exciting that you would like to happen, but that is very unlikely to happen: · I used to fantasize about becoming a film star.daydream to imagine pleasant things, so that you forget where you are and what you should be doing: · Mark began to daydream, and didn’t even hear the teacher’s question.hallucinate to imagine that you are seeing things that are not really there, especially because you are ill or have taken drugs: · The drug can cause some people to hallucinate.· When I saw the walls moving, I thought I must be hallucinating.

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You're          imagining things.                那里根本没有人。你在胡思乱想。                    3      ★              [intransitive            ,       transitive        ]                    to think that sth is probably true          料想；认为                            SYN                                            suppose                                      ,                                            assume                                                  ◆        ‘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。                              SYNONYMS 同义词辨析                                                              imagine              think                ◆see                ◆envisage                ◆envision                                            These words all mean to form an idea in your mind of what sb/sth might be like.                  以上各词均含想像、设想之义。                                                            ■                imagine                to form an idea in your mind of what sb/sth might be like                  指想像、设想：                                                  ◆                  The house was just as she had imagined it.                  这房子正如她所想像的。                                                            ■                think                to imagine sth that might happen or might have happened                  指猜想、想像、试想：                                                  ◆                  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 sth as a future possibility; to imagine sb as sth                  指设想、想像：                                                  ◆                  I can't see her changing her mind.                  我无法想像她会改变主意。                                                                  ◆                  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 BrE) to imagine what will happen in the future                  指想像、设想、展望：                                                  ◆                  I don't envisage working with him again.                  我想像不出再与他一起工作的可能。                                                  NOTEThe usual word for this in American English is                  envision(see below).                  在美式英语中，这一意义常用 envision （见下）。                                                            ■                envision                to imagine what a situation will be like in the future, especially a situation that you intend to work towards                  指展望、想像：                                                  ◆                  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。                                                  NOTE                  Envisionis used especially in business and political contexts. In North American English it is also used as another form of the word                  envisage.                                      *envision 尤用于商业和政治语境，在美式英语中亦作 envisage 的另一种形式：                                                                    ◆                  I don't envision working with him again.                  我想像不出再与他一起工作的可能。                                                            PATTERNS                                  ◆                  to imagine/see/envisage/envision sb/sth                    assth                                                                    ◆                  to imagine/see/envisage/envision (sb)                    doing sth                                                                    ◆                  to imagine/think/see/envisage/envision                    who / who                                                                      ◆                  to imagine/think/envisage/envision                    that…                                                                                                  imagine      imagines      imagined      imagining                  im·agine              /        ɪˈmædʒɪn                ;          NAmE                ɪˈmædʒɪn                /             www.ankiedu.club

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Collins	imagine ★★★★☆ /ɪmæ̱ʤɪn/ 1 [VERB 动词]想象；设想 If you imagine something, you think about it and your mind forms a picture or idea of it. [V n/-ing] [V wh] [V that] [V n -ing/prep] He could not imagine a more peaceful scene... 他想象不出比这更祥和的景象。 She couldn't imagine living in a place like that... 她无法想象住在那样一个地方。 Can you imagine how she must have felt when Mary Brent turned up with me in tow?... 你能想象得到她看见我和玛丽·布伦特出双入对时有何感受吗？ Imagine you're lying on a beach, listening to the steady rhythm of waves lapping the shore... 想象一下你正躺在海滩上，倾听海浪有节奏地轻轻拍打海岸的声音。 I can't imagine you being unfair to anyone, Leigh. 利，我想象不出你会对谁不公正。 2 [VERB 动词]猜测；猜想；认为 If you imagine that something is the case, you think that it is the case. [V that] [V so/not] I imagine you're referring to Jean-Paul Sartre... 我猜你说的是让－保罗·萨特。 We tend to imagine that the Victorians were very prim and proper... 我们往往认为维多利亚时代的人们都一本正经，谨言慎行。 'Was he meeting someone?' — 'I imagine so.' “他在和谁约会吗？”——“我猜是的。” 3 [VERB 动词]臆想；幻想 If you imagine something, you think that you have seen, heard, or experienced that thing, although actually you have not. [V n] [Also V that] I realised that I must have imagined the whole thing. 我意识到大概整件事都是我臆想出来的。
Oxford	im·agine ★ / ɪˈmædʒɪn ; NAmE ɪˈmædʒɪn / verb 1 ★ [transitive , intransitive ] to form a picture in your mind of what sth might be like 想像；设想 imaginesth ◆ The house was just as she had imagined it. 这房子正是她所想像的。 ◆ 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。 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。 imaginewhat, how, etc… ◆ Can you imagine what it must be like to lose your job after 20 years? 你能想像得出干了 20 年之后被辞退会是什么样的滋味吗？ imaginedoing sth ◆ She imagined walking into the office and handing in her resignation. 她想像着自己走进办公室，递上辞呈。 ◆ Imagine earning that much money! 想想看，竟赚那么多的钱！ imaginesb/sth doing sth ◆ I can just imagine him saying that! 我确实能想到他那么说！ imaginesb/sth to be/do sth ◆ I had imagined her to be older than that. 我本来以为她的年龄还要大一些。 imagine(sb + adj./noun) ◆ I can imagine him really angry. 我可以想像得出他怒气冲冲的样子。 ◆ ( informal) ‘He was furious.’ ‘ I can imagine.’ “他气疯了。”“我想像得出。” 2 ★ [transitive ] to believe sth 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。 imaginesth ◆ There's nobody there. You're imagining things. 那里根本没有人。你在胡思乱想。 3 ★ [intransitive , transitive ] to think that sth is probably true 料想；认为 SYN suppose , assume ◆ ‘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。 SYNONYMS 同义词辨析 imagine think ◆see ◆envisage ◆envision These words all mean to form an idea in your mind of what sb/sth might be like. 以上各词均含想像、设想之义。 ■ imagine to form an idea in your mind of what sb/sth might be like 指想像、设想： ◆ The house was just as she had imagined it. 这房子正如她所想像的。 ■ think to imagine sth that might happen or might have happened 指猜想、想像、试想： ◆ 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 sth as a future possibility; to imagine sb as sth 指设想、想像： ◆ I can't see her changing her mind. 我无法想像她会改变主意。 ◆ 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 BrE) to imagine what will happen in the future 指想像、设想、展望： ◆ I don't envisage working with him again. 我想像不出再与他一起工作的可能。 NOTEThe usual word for this in American English is envision(see below). 在美式英语中，这一意义常用 envision （见下）。 ■ envision to imagine what a situation will be like in the future, especially a situation that you intend to work towards 指展望、想像： ◆ 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。 NOTE Envisionis used especially in business and political contexts. In North American English it is also used as another form of the word envisage. *envision 尤用于商业和政治语境，在美式英语中亦作 envisage 的另一种形式： ◆ I don't envision working with him again. 我想像不出再与他一起工作的可能。 PATTERNS ◆ to imagine/see/envisage/envision sb/sth assth ◆ to imagine/see/envisage/envision (sb) doing sth ◆ to imagine/think/see/envisage/envision who / who ◆ to imagine/think/envisage/envision that… imagine imagines imagined imagining im·agine / ɪˈmædʒɪn ; NAmE ɪˈmædʒɪn /
LDC	imaginei‧ma‧gine /ɪˈmædʒɪn/ ●●● S1 W2 verb [transitive] Word Origin Verb Table Examples Thesaurus Collocations Phrases Word family 1to form a picture or idea in your mind about what something could be likeimagine (that) Imagine that you have just won a million pounds. Imagine life without hot water.imagine what/how/why etc Can you imagine what it’s like when it’s really hot out here in Delhi?imagine somebody doing something She could imagine dark-robed figures moving silently along the stone corridors.(just) imagine doing something Imagine doing a horrible job like that! Just imagine going all that way for nothing!imagine somebody/something as something He didn’t quite dare to imagine himself as a real artist.imagine somebody in/with/without etc something Somehow, I can’t imagine him without a beard.it’s difficult/easy/possible/impossible etc to imagine something After such a dry summer, it’s difficult to imagine what rain looks like.GRAMMARImagine is followed by an -ing form, not an infinitive. You say: · I can’t imagine living without music. ✗Don’t say: I can’t imagine to live without music.Grammar guide ‒ VERBS2to have a false or wrong idea about something: Perhaps she’d never really been there at all – perhaps she’d just imagined it. imagined dangersimagine (that) She had imagined that the doctor would be male. I was surprised when I saw the farm. I had imagined it would be much bigger.imagine something/somebody to be something There’s nobody here. You’re just imagining things.3[not in progressive] to think that something is true or may happen, but without being sure or having proof: ‘A very complicated subject, I imagine,’ said Edwin.imagine (that) You are obviously tired and I imagine that nothing would make you admit it.4you can/can’t imagine something British English spoken used to emphasize how good, bad etc something isYou can/can’t imagine how/what/why etc You can imagine how angry I was! You can’t imagine what a terrible week we had.COLLOCATIONSphrasesbe easy to imagine· It’s easy to imagine how the change in the law caused a lot of confusion.be hard/difficult to imagine· It’s hard to imagine the suffering she must have gone through.can easily imagine· I can easily imagine how frightening the accident must have been.can well imagine (=can easily imagine)· I can well imagine how delighted you were with the news.can hardly/scarcely imagine (=find it difficult to imagine)· He could scarcely imagine what living in such poor conditions must have been like.can’t/couldn’t imagine· He couldn’t imagine life without his wife.what somebody had imagined (=what someone thought something would be like, before they saw it or experienced it)· The office was not what he had imagined.be bigger/smaller/worse etc than you had imagined· The job interview proved to be much worse than I had imagined it would be.let us imagine … (=used to encourage someone else to think about a possibility)· Let us imagine that you are an employer who wants to recruit some new staff.somebody is imagining things (=someone has a false or wrong idea about something)· She’s imagining things if she thinks she has a chance of winning the prize.adverbsnaively imagine (=to imagine something without realizing how complicated the situation is)· She had naively imagined that marriage would solve all her problems.fondly imagine (=to believe something that is untrue)· He had fondly imagined that she was in love with him.THESAURUSimagine to form a picture or idea in your mind about what something might be like: · When I think of Honolulu, I imagine long white beaches and palm trees.· I can’t really imagine being a millionaire.visualize to form a picture of someone or something in your mind, especially something that is definitely going to happen or exist in the future: · Anna visualized meeting Greg again at the airport.· The finished house may be hard to visualize.picture to form a clear picture of something or someone in your mind: · I can still picture my father, even though he died a long time ago.· The town was just how she had pictured it from his description.envisage /ɪnˈvɪzɪdʒ/ especially British English, envision to imagine something as possible or likely to happen in the future: · How do you envisage your career developing over the next ten years?· They had envisioned the creation of a single armed force, small but efficient.conceive of something formal to imagine a situation, especially one that is difficult to imagine: · For many people, music is so important that they cannot conceive of life without it.fantasize to imagine something exciting that you would like to happen, but that is very unlikely to happen: · I used to fantasize about becoming a film star.daydream to imagine pleasant things, so that you forget where you are and what you should be doing: · Mark began to daydream, and didn’t even hear the teacher’s question.hallucinate to imagine that you are seeing things that are not really there, especially because you are ill or have taken drugs: · The drug can cause some people to hallucinate.· When I saw the walls moving, I thought I must be hallucinating.
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