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Imagine I   [V Verb 动词 Picture Word 英

英语单词 imagine
英美音标 英 [ɪ'mædʒɪn] 美 [ɪ'mædʒɪn]
中文释义 vt.想像;设想;料想;猜想;认为
vi.想像
英语例句 (1) You can imagine how surprised I was.
(2) It is hard to imagine the scale of the universe.
(3) Imagine yourself to be on a desert island.
(4) I imagine she'll have finished her homework by seven o'clock.
(5) I can't imagine what Noah had in mind.
(6) He imagines that people don't like him, but they do.
中文例句 (1) 你可以想象我是多么惊讶。
(2) 很难想像宇宙有多大。
(3) 设想一下你身处荒岛的情形。
(4) 我料想她会在七点之前完成作业。
(5) 我猜不出挪亚脑子里想的是什么。
(6) 他以为人们不喜欢他,但他们是喜欢他的。
vocabulary简明 To imagine something is to picture it in your head. When we imagine things, we're using our imagination.
vocabulary扩展 The word image is a good clue to the meaning of imagine, a word for picturing or envisioning things. You could imagine you're a king, an astronaut, a firefighter, or a coyote. You could imagine the earth getting hit by an asteroid. If you can think of it, you can imagine it. Sometimes, imagining means believing or guessing. For example, your teacher could say, "Did you really imagine there would be no homework?"
柯林斯解释
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。

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