| 单词 | imagine |
| 释义 | imagine verb¹ 1form a picture of sth in your mind想像；设想adverb | verb + imagine | phrases adverb➤clearly, easily, readily清楚地／很容易／轻易想像◆i could clearly imagine the scene in the office.我可以清楚地想像出办公室里的场景。➤barely, hardly, scarcely (especially bre) 几乎无法想像◆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，我几乎无法想像。➤just完全能想像出◆she could just imagine her mother's look of horror.她完全可以想像出母亲脸上恐惧的表情。➤quite完全能想像◆the sight was disturbing as you can quite imagine.正如你所能想像的那样，那景象令人不安。➤almost几乎想像出◆when i think about this story i can almost imagine the look on his face.想到这个故事，我几乎能想像出他脸上的表情。➤ever, possibly曾想像；可能想像到◆the best guitarist you could possibly imagine你能想像出的最好的吉他手➤fully (especially name) 完全想像出◆i couldn't fully imagine what it could be.我不能完全想像出那会是什么样子。➤actually真正想像出◆i can't actually imagine her falling for that trick.我真想像不到她竟然上了那个当。➤always总是以为◆i always imagined him following in his father's footsteps.我一直以为他会子承父业。➤vividly生动地想像出◆she had so vividly imagined it time and time again.她时不时地会非常生动逼真地想像一番那个场景。verb + imagine➤can可以想像◆i can well imagine the atmosphere at home at this moment.我完全可以想像出此刻家中的气氛。◆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。➤try to试图构想➤begin to, start to开始想像◆i can't even begin to imagine the horrors that they have been through.我一点儿都无法想像他们所经历的那些恐惧。◆i started to imagine what he might say.我开始设想他会说些什么。➤dare to敢于想像◆he hardly dared to imagine what else was going to be divulged.他几乎不敢想像还会泄露别的什么信息。➤love to乐于想像◆he loved to imagine himself as the hero.他喜欢把自己想像成男主人公。➤be difficult to, be hard to, be impossible to, be tough to难以设想；不可能想像；很难想像◆it is difficult to imagine a world without money.一个没有货币的世界是难以想像的。➤be absurd to, be far-fetched to想像⋯是荒诞的／牵强的▸➤be easy to容易想像➤be free to可以自由想像◆the artist is free to imagine anything she pleases.艺术家可以任凭想像自由驰骋。phrases➤let us imagine咱们试想◆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。imagine verb² 2see/hear/think sth that is not true/does not exist误认为；幻想adverb | verb + imagine | phrases adverb➤really, seriously真以为◆you don't seriously imagine i'll agree to that?你不是真以为我会同意吧？➤almost几乎误以为◆i could almost imagine you were jealous.我差点儿误以为你是嫉妒。➤actually事实上以为➤just, merely, simply只是以为；仅仅以为◆she knew she was simply imagining things.她知道自己仅仅是幻想而已。➤fondly, naively (both especially bre) 天真地认为◆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。verb + imagine➤be easy to容易误会phrases➤be imagining things是幻想◆had i really heard a noise, or was i just imagining things?我是真的听到了声音，还是仅仅是我的幻觉？➤real and imagined, real or imagined真实的和想像的；真实的或想像的◆he was always quick to avenge insults, real or imagined.他睚眦必报，不管那侮辱是真实的还是臆想的。 imagine verbimagine ♦︎ think ♦︎ see ♦︎ envisage ♦︎ envision ♦︎ picture ♦︎ visualize ♦︎ conceptualize ♦︎ pretendthese words all mean to form an idea in your mind of what sb/sth might be like.这些词均表示想像、设想。patterns and collocations 句型和搭配◆to imagine / see / envisage / envision / picture / visualize / conceptualize sb / sth as sth◆to imagine / see / envisage / envision / picture / visualize (sb) doing sth◆to imagine / think / see / envisage / envision / picture / visualize who / what / how...◆to imagine / think / envisage / envision / pretend that...◆just imagine / think / pretend...■ imagine [transitive, intransitive] to form an idea in your mind of what sb/sth might be like想像；设想◆the house was just as she had imagined it.这房子跟她想像的一模一样。◆i can't imagine life without the children now.我现在无法设想没有孩子的生活。◆close your eyes and imagine (that) you are in a forest.闭上眼睛，想像自己身处森林里。◆i can just imagine him saying that!我就料到他会那么说！◆i had imagined her to be older than me.我本来以为她比我大。◆ (spoken) 'he was furious.' 'i can imagine!'“他大发雷霆。”“我想像得出！”■ think (thought, thought) [transitive, no passive, intransitive] to imagine sth that might happen or might have happened猜想；想像；试想◆we couldn't think where you'd gone.我们想不出你到哪里去了。◆just think how nice it would be to see them again.试想一下要是能再见到他们该有多好。◆try to think yourself into the role.尽量发挥想像力，使自己进入角色。◆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 [transitive] (not used in the progressive tenses不用于进行时) to consider sth as a future possibility; to imagine sb/sth as sth设想；想像◆i can't see her changing her mind.我想她不会改变主意。◆his colleagues see him as a future director.他的同事认为他很可能是未来的主事者。■ envisage /ɪnvɪzɪdʒ/ [transitive] (especially bre, rather formal) to imagine what will happen in the future想像；设想；展望◆what level of profit do you envisage?你预计会有什么样的利润水平？◆it is envisaged that the talks will take place in the spring.谈判预计在春季举行。ⓘ the usual word for this in american english is envision.美式英语中通常用 envision 表示此义。■ envision /ɪnvɪʒn/ [transitive] (rather formal) to imagine what a situation will be like in the future, especially a situation that you intend to work towards展望，设想（尤指致力达成的前景）◆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。ⓘ envision is used especially in business and political contexts. in american english it is also used as another form of the word envisage. * envision 尤用于商业和政治语境，在美式英语中亦用作 envisage 的变体◆what level of profit do you envision?你预计会有什么样的利润水平？■ picture [transitive] to form a picture of sb/sth in your mind设想；想像；忆起◆i can still picture the house i grew up in.我还能回忆起我童年时住的那座房子。 ➡ see also picture → description noun ■ visualize (bre also visualise) /vɪʒuəlaɪz/ [transitive] (rather formal) to picture sb/sth in your mind使形象化；想像；设想◆try to visualize yourself walking into the interview calmly and confidently.尽量设想自己从容自信地进入面试现场。▸ visualization (bre also visualisation) noun [uncountable, countable] ◆visualization can be a useful technique in building confidence.想像法会是个树立自信的有用方法。note 辨析 imagine, picture or visualize? imagine is the most general of these words and is used for any idea that you form of how a person, place, thing or experience might look or feel. picture and visualize are used particularly for imagining sth in a picture or series of pictures. they are very similar in meaning but visualize is slightly more formal and is often used to talk about a deliberate attempt to imagine sth for a particular purpose. * imagine 在这些词中最宽泛，指想像人、地方、事物或经历等看上去或感觉会是什么样子。picture 和 visualize 尤用于想像一幅或一系列画面。两词含义非常相似，只是 visualize 稍显正式，并常指为特定目的而有意识地设想。■ conceptualize (bre also conceptualise) /kənseptʃuəlaɪz/ [transitive, intransitive] (formal) to form an idea of sth in your mind, especially an idea of sth that is difficult to imagine accurately将⋯概念化（为⋯）；构思；使形成观念◆how can we conceptualize the way the international economy works?我们如何将国际经济的运行方式概念化？◆the ability to conceptualize is one of the most likely indicators of who will be a successful manager.形成概念的能力是评断一个人能否成为出色的经理人的最适用指标之一。■ pretend [transitive, intransitive](especially of children) to imagine that sth is true as part of a game（尤指儿童在游戏中）假装，扮作◆let's pretend (that) we're astronauts.咱们假装是太空人吧。◆they didn't have any real money so they had to pretend.他们没有真钱，就用假的代替。imagine [transitive, intransitive] to form an idea in your mind of what sb/sth might be like想像；设想◆the house was just as she had imagined it.这房子跟她想像的一模一样。◆i can't imagine life without the children now.我现在无法设想没有孩子的生活。◆close your eyes and imagine (that) you are in a forest.闭上眼睛，想像自己身处森林里。◆i can just imagine him saying that!我就料到他会那么说！◆i had imagined her to be older than me.我本来以为她比我大。◆ (spoken) 'he was furious.' 'i can imagine!'“他大发雷霆。”“我想像得出！”imagine [transitive] to think that sth is probably true; to believe sth that is not true料想；认为；胡乱猜想；猜测◆'will we still be allowed in?' 'i imagine so.'“我们还能进去吗？”“我想可以吧。”◆i 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？◆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/ɪˈmædʒɪn ||; ɪˈmædʒɪn/verb[t] 1. imagine that...;imagine sb/sth (doing/as sth) to form a picture or idea in your mind of what sth/sb might be like 想象: ◇imagine that you're lying on a beach. 想象一下你躺在海滩上。◇it's not easy to imagine your brother as a doctor. 很难想象你哥哥是当医生的。◇i can't imagine myself cycling 20 miles a day. 我无法想象自己会每天骑自行车跑20英里。 2. to see, hear or think sth that is not true or does not exist 幻想: ◇she's always imagining that she's ill but she's fine really. 她老以为自己有病，其实她身体挺不错。◇i thought i heard someone downstairs, but i must have been imagining things. 我好像听到楼下有人，不过准是幻觉罢了。 3. to think that sth is probably true; to suppose 认为；以为: ◇i imagine he'll be coming by car. 我想他会开车来的。 imagine1 to have a picture or idea of something in your mind2 to imagine something you want to do or want to happen3 to wrongly think that something is happening4 something that you imagine5 your ability to imagine thingsrelated wordssee alsothink,idea,pretend,real,1. to have a picture or idea of something in your mind 在脑中形成有关某事物的画面或概念 imagine /ɪˈmædʒɪn, ɪˈmædʒən/ [transitive verb not in progressive or passive] to think about something and form a picture or idea in your mind about it 想象 try to imagine a room as big as a football field. 试着想象一间像一个足球场那么大的房间。imagine (that) for a while she imagined that she was a rich woman, living in a beautiful house. 有一阵子她想象着自己是个有钱的女人，住在一幢漂亮的房子里。imagine what/who/where from the description janet gave in her letter it was easy to imagine what her new apartment was like. 根据珍妮特在信中的描述，很容易想象出她的新公寓是什么样子。imagine doing something just imagine having to spend the rest of your life in jail. 想象一下得在监狱中度过余生的滋味。imagine somebody doing something i can quite easily imagine you running your own business. 我很容易就能想象你自行创业做生意。can't imagine somebody doing something i can't imagine anyone wearing clothes that colour. 我不能想象谁会穿那种颜色的衣服。 visualize also visualise british /ˈvɪʒuəlaɪz/ [transitive verb not in progressive] to form a very clear picture of something or someone in your mind, especially in order to help you prepare to do something or help you to remember something clearly 想象；使形象化；设想 an architect can look at a drawing and visualize a three-dimensional shape. 建筑师能够看着图画就想象出三维的图形。 david could still visualize polly, even though he had not seen her for ten years. 戴维仍能想象出波莉的样子，虽然他已经有十年没有见她了。visualize where/what/how he closed his eyes, trying to visualize where he had put his watch. 他闭上眼睛试图想起自己把手表放在哪里了。 picture /ˈpɪktʃəʳ/ [transitive verb not in progressive] to have a clear picture of something or someone in your mind, especially because you are trying to imagine what it is like to do something or what someone looks like 想象；构想［尤指做某事的情景或某人的样子］ can you picture it? lying in the sun, sipping cocktails -- it would be paradise! 你能想象出来吗？躺着晒太阳，喝着鸡尾酒—就像天堂里过的日子一样。picture something/somebody as i had never met graham but i pictured him as a pale, thin young man wearing glasses. 我从未见过格雷厄姆，但我想象他是个面色苍白、身材瘦削、戴着眼镜的年轻人。picture somebody doing something miguel could still picture the children laughing and joking, and chasing each other around the garden. 孩子们在花园里到处嬉闹追逐的情景，米格尔想起来还历历在目。 can see /kən ˈsiː/ [verb phrase not in progressive or in passive] to have a clear picture of something you are thinking about in your mind, especially something pleasant or funny, or something you think is likely to happen 已经能看到［尤愉快或有趣的事，或很可能发生的事］ i'm going to corfu next week. i can see it all now -- sun, sand and sea! 下周我要去科孚岛了，现在我已经都可以看见了一阳光、沙滩和大海！can see somebody doing something jimmy's gone skiing for the first time. i can just see him coming home with a broken leg. 吉米第一次去滑雪，我仿佛能看到他回家时一条腿骨折了。 form a picture /ˌfɔːʳm ə ˈpɪktʃəʳ/ [verb phrase] to form an idea of something in your mind, using the information you have about it 想象；构想［用所掌握的信息］ the hubble space telescope allows astronomers to form a more accurate picture of our solar system. 哈勃太空望远镜使天文学家能够对我们所处的太阳系产生更为准确的图像。 conceive of /kənˈsiːv ɒv/ [] formal to imagine something happening or what a particular situation is like - use this especially in questions and negative statements 【正式】想象，设想［尤用于问句和否定句］ it is difficult to conceive of a society in which nobody has to work. 很难想象一个人人都不必工作的社会。cannot conceive of something i don't know about you, but i cannot conceive of a home without electricity or water. 我不知道你怎么想，但我是无法想象家里没电没水怎么行。2. to imagine something you want to do or want to happen 想象希望做或希望发生的事情 fantasize also fantasise british /ˈfæntəsaɪz/ [intransitive verb] to think about something that you would like to do or that you would like to happen, especially when it is very unlikely that you will do it or that it will happen 想象；幻想［不大可能做或发生的事］ fantasize about doing something i often fantasize about living in a big house with tennis courts and a swimming pool. 我常想象自己住在一幢有网球场和游泳池的大房子里。 many men fantasize about sleeping with someone who is not their partner. 许多男人都幻想和不是自己伴侣的某个女人同床共枕。 daydream /ˈdeɪdriːm/ [intransitive verb] to spend a short time imagining something pleasant, so that you forget where you are and what you are doing, especially when you are bored 做白日梦 mark had begun to daydream, and didn't even hear the teacher's question. 马克开始做起了白日梦，甚至没听见老师的问题。daydream about/of carol sat at her desk, daydreaming about meeting mel gibson. 卡罗尔坐在桌旁，想象着自己遇见梅尔·吉布森的情景。 when charles tapped me on the shoulder i was daydreaming of golden beaches and palm trees. 查尔斯轻轻地拍我肩膀时我正在做白日梦，想象着金色的海滩和棕榈树。 dream /driːm/ [intransitive verb] to imagine something pleasant that you would like to do or to happen, especially if it is possible that it might happen 梦想［尤可能发生的事］ dream of/about when i was at college i dreamed of becoming a great novelist. 上大学时，我梦想自己成为一名伟大的小说家。 going abroad for a holiday was something our grandparents could only dream about. 去国外度假是我们的祖父母辈只能梦想的事。dream (that) maura had never dreamt that she could feel like this. 毛拉做梦也未想到过自己会有这种感受。3. to wrongly think that something is happening 误以为某事发生 imagine /ɪˈmædʒɪn, ɪˈmædʒən/ [transitive verb] to wrongly think that you can see or hear something when it is not really happening 幻想，想象 imagine (that) when i was a child i would lie awake imagining that there were monsters in the dark corners of my room. 小时候我经常会躺在床上，想象着房间的黑暗角落里有怪物。 mary was always imagining that people were talking about her behind her back. 玛丽老是想象人家在背后谈论她。i/you/he etc must be imagining things ‘i'm sure i saw brian in the park today.’ ‘no, you must be imagining things. brian hasn't lived here for nearly fifteen years.’ “我今天在公园里肯定是看见布赖恩了。”“不可能，你一定是在胡思乱想，布赖恩已经将近15年没住在这里了。” be seeing things /biː ˈsiːɪŋ θɪŋz/ [verb phrase] especially spoken say this when you or someone else has imagined something that cannot be real 【尤口】产生幻觉，是想象 i/you/he etc must be seeing things ‘did that man just wave at me?’ ‘of course not, you must be seeing things.’ “那个人是不是在向我招手？”“当然不是啦，你这肯定是幻觉。” be in the mind/be in your mind /biː ɪn ðə ˈmaɪnd, biː ɪn jɔːʳ ˈmaɪnd/ [verb phrase] if something is in the mind or in your mind, you are imagining it and it does not really exist 是想象；是幻觉 all in the mind i don't think martin is really ill -- it's all in the mind. 我认为马丁实际上没病一那都是胡思乱想。all in your mind no-one is trying to kill you. it's all in your mind. 没有人想要杀你，这都是你在胡思乱想。 hallucinate /həˈluːsɪneɪt, həˈluːsəneɪt/ [intransitive verb] if someone who is ill or has taken drugs hallucinates, they believe that they can see things that are not really there 产生幻觉 after two days without food and water, voss began to hallucinate. 两天两夜未吃未喝，沃斯开始产生幻觉。 figment of your imagination /ˌfɪgmənt əv jɔːr ɪˌmædʒə̇ˈneɪʃən/ [noun phrase] something that does not really exist and that you were just imagining 胡思乱想 sceptics will tell you that there is no such thing as reincarnation and that living a previous life is a figment of the subject's imagination. 怀疑论者会对你说没有转世轮回这种事，前世生活只不过是当事人的幻觉罢了。4. something that you imagine 想象出来的事 imaginary /ɪˈmædʒɪnəri, ɪˈmædʒənəriǁ-neri/ [adjective] not real, but existing only as a picture or idea in your mind 想象中的；幻想的；假想的 when linda was a child she had an imaginary friend called booboo. 琳达小时候有一个假想出来的朋友叫波波。 he pointed an imaginary gun at me and pretended to shoot. 他用手指做假想枪指着我并假装开枪射击。 frankie was the kind of guy who lived in an imaginary world all of his own. 弗朗姬是个完全生活在自己的想象世界里的家伙。 fantasy /ˈfæntəsi/ [countable noun] an exciting or enjoyable experience that you imagine happening to you, but which will probably never happen 想象；幻想 everyone's fantasy is that one day they will win the national lottery. 每个人都有个梦想，就是有一天能赢得全国彩票大奖。live in a fantasy world to always be having fantasies 生活在幻想世界里 my son seems to live in a fantasy world sometimes. 我儿子有时似乎生活在幻想世界里。 daydream /ˈdeɪdriːm/ [countable noun] pleasant thoughts you have about something you would like to do, that make you forget where you are and what you are doing 白日梦； i began to have daydreams about us being married. 我开始做我们结婚的白日梦。 she was sitting at the back of the class, lost in a daydream. 她坐在教室后面，沉浸在白日梦里。 hallucination /həˌluːsɪˈneɪʃən, həˌluːsəˈneɪʃən/ [countable noun] something you see that does not really exist, especially something that you see because you are ill or have taken drugs 幻觉［尤指因生病或吸毒而幻想看见的事物］ i knew that what i had seen was a hallucination, but it was so real and frightening. 我知道自己所看到的是幻觉，可那实在太逼真、太恐怖了。have hallucinations jamie lost two and a half stone in the next fortnight, couldn't eat and had hallucinations. 杰米在后来的两周里体重掉了2.5英石，不能进食并产生幻觉。 vision /ˈvɪʒən/ [countable noun] an image, especially a religious image, that you can see but which other people cannot 幻象；［尤宗教的］异象 bernadette had a vision in which the virgin mary appeared before her. 贝尔纳黛特看见了一个幻象，那就是圣母玛丽出现在她面前。5. your ability to imagine things 想象力 imagination /ɪˌmædʒɪˈneɪʃən, ɪˌmædʒəˈneɪʃən/ [uncountable noun] reading is a good way to develop a child's imagination at an early age. 阅读是使孩子们的想象力在很小时就得到培养的好方法。 there's no-one knocking at the door - it must have been your imagination. 没有人在敲门——那肯定是你的幻觉。use your imagination i don't have a photograph with me so you'll have to use your imagination. 我没带来照片。你得运用你的想象力了。vivid imagination very strong imagination 丰富的想象力 jack's vivid imagination often gave him bad dreams. 杰克丰富的想象力常使他做噩梦。fertile imagination having a lot of original ideas 丰富的想象力 shakespeare has the most fertile imagination of all the poets. 莎士比亚是所有诗人中最富于想象力的。 i·ma·gine /ɪ`mædʒɪn; ɪˈmædʒɪn/v [t] 1. to think of what something would be like if it happened 想像，设想:◇+ (that) imagine you're lying on a beach somewhere. 想像一下你正躺在某处海滩上的情景。◇imagine sb doing sth i can't imagine you being a father! 我无法想像你当上爸爸了！ 2. to think that something is true when it is not 猜测，猜想:◇no one is out there, you're imagining things. 外面没有人，是你瞎猜的。 3. to think that something is probably true 认为，想:◇+ (that) i imagine kathy will be there. 我想凯思会在那里。 ☞ imagine |
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