imagine

英 [ɪ'mædʒɪn] 美 [ɪ'mædʒɪn]

• vt. 想像；设想；料想；猜想；认为
• vi. 想像

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. 想象,设想

   form a mental image of sth

2. vt. 料想,猜想

   think of sth as probable or possible

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 料想，想
2. 臆断，臆造
3. 想像，猜想，联想，设想，幻想，构想
4. 推测
5. 企图，计划，策划
6. 想到，想想看，想一想，思忖，想像起来
7. 着想
8. 理想
9. 凭空设想，心中构想，胡乱猜测，虚构，编造
10. 相信，认为
11. 误以为，自以为
12. 运用想象力

英英释义

Verb:

1. form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case;

   "Can you conceive of him as the president?"
   

2. expect, believe, or suppose;

   "I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel"
   "I thought to find her in a bad state"
   "he didn't think to find her in the kitchen"
   "I guess she is angry at me for standing her up"
   

例句

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. You can imagine how surprised I was.
   你可以想象我是多么惊讶。
2. It is hard to imagine the scale of the universe.
   很难想像宇宙有多大。
3. Imagine yourself to be on a desert island.
   设想一下你身处荒岛的情形。
4. I imagine he will come tomorrow.
   我料想他明天会来。
5. I imagine she'll have finished her homework by seven o'clock.
   我料想她会在七点之前完成作业。
6. I can't imagine what Noah had in mind.
   我猜不出挪亚脑子里想的是什么。
7. He imagines that people don't like him, but they do.
   他以为人们不喜欢他，但他们是喜欢他的。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. I can imagine the scene clearly in my mind.
   我可以清楚地想象出那个情景。
2. We can hardly imagine life without electricity.
   我们难以想象出没有电时的生活情形。
3. You can little imagine my surprise.
   你无法想象我有多么惊奇。
4. I thought I heard someone shout, but I must have imagined it because there is no one there.
   我觉得我听见有人在喊,可这一定是我的想象,因为当时那儿根本没有人。
5. He is always imagining dangers that don't exist.
   他总是想着那些其实并不存在的危险。
6. Hardly had I closed my eyes when I began to imagine the most fantastic.
   我刚一合眼,就开始想象一些奇形怪状的东西。
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7. It was easily be imagined.
   这很容易想象出来。
8. It can be better imagined than described.
   与其用词语来描述,还不如用想象力去揣摩。
9. His elation may well be imagined.
   他那得意的神情完全可以想象出来。

S+～+wh-to- v

1. I cannot imagine what to do in this dreadful situation.
   我难以想象在这么糟的情况下该怎么办。
2. I cannot imagine how to do it.
   我不敢想象该怎么办。

S+～+ v -ing

1. I can't imagine living with a drunk.
   我想象不出与一个醉汉生活在一起的情形。
2. I can't imagine lying like that. I would go crazy.
   我无法想象出那样躺着的情形,我会发疯的。
3. She imagined walking into the office and telling everyone what she thought of them.
   她想象自己走进办公室,对每个人说出自己对他们的看法。
4. I can't imagine living without water or electricity in summer.
   我无法想象夏天没有电和水该怎样生活。
5. I can't imagine my marrying a girl of that sort.
   我难以想象与那种女孩结婚后的情形。
6. Can you imagine their climbing the Great Wall?
   你能想象他们登上万里长城时的心情吗?

S+～+(that-)clause

1. Can you imagine that you are in a spaceship to the moon?
   你能想象一下你乘坐宇宙飞船飞往月球的情景吗?
2. Do you imagine they will help?
   你认为他们会帮忙吗?
3. Don't imagine that you are the only person in trouble.
   别以为只有你一个人处境困难。
4. Don't imagine that I can lend you money every time you need it.
   不要以为每当你需要钱的时候,我便会借给你。
5. You don't imagine it is true.
   不要以为那是真的。
6. I don't imagine that taxes will be reduced this year.
   我并不认为今年会减税。
7. I don't imagine they will come if it rains.
   我认为,如果下雨,他们是不会来的。
8. Just imagine someone were following us.
   想象一下要是有人在跟踪我们。

S+～+so/not

1. “Does she know what kind of tablets she's taken today?”“I imagine so.”
   “她知道今天她吃了什么药了吗?”“我想她知道。”
2. “Do you imagine they will help us?”“I imagine not.”
   “你想他们会帮助我们吗?”“我想不会。”

S+～+wh-clause

1. I cannot imagine what life on the moon would be like.
   我无法想象月球上的生活情景。
2. What would happen next she could not imagine .
   她想象不出下一步情况会怎样。
3. Can you imagine what it would be like to live without electricity?
   你能想象出生活中没有电会是一种什么样的情景吗?
4. I can't imagine why people speak against her.
   我不明白为什么人们总是反对她。
5. You can't imagine how difficult it is to get away from the office.
   你想象不出,要溜出办公室有多困难。
6. I can't imagine how excited you are to see your son again after such a long time.
   我简直不能想象,当你过了这么长时间再一次看到儿子时,该会多么激动呀!
7. You can imagine how I missed you all.
   你可以想象,我多么想念你们大家。

用作宾补动词

S+～+ n./pron. +(to be/as) n./adj.

1. She imagines herself to be a bird.
   她想象自己是一只鸟。
2. He imagined himself as manager of the company.
   他把自己想象成公司的经理。
3. I had imagined you as a big tall man.
   我原猜想你是个身材高大的人。
4. We tried to imagine ourselves as old men.
   我们极力想象我们自己是老人。
5. He likes to imagine himself president.
   他喜欢想象自己是总统。
6. He imagines everything to be easy.
   他想象一切都很容易。
7. Don't imagine your husband to be always wrong.
   不要以为自己的丈夫总是错的。
8. I imagine her safe.
   我料想她安然无恙。
9. I imagined her slight and frail.
   我曾想象她很苗条很瘦弱。
10. I have never imagined anything so magnificent.
    我从来没有想象过有什么东西如此精彩。
11. Our producers should constantly imagine themselves to be in the consumer's position.
    我们的生产厂家要经常设身处地为用户着想。
12. You should imagine yourself to be in your father's place.
    你应该站在你父亲的角度设想一下。
13. I imagined yourself to be on a desert.
    我想象一下你自己在一个荒岛上的情景。

S+～+ n./pron. + v -ing

1. Can you imagine him becoming a famous singer?
   你能想象出他成为著名歌唱家的情景吗?
2. The little girl sometimes imagines herself becoming rich.
   有时,这小姑娘想象自己会变得富有。
3. Imagine yourself sitting on the beach in the sun.
   设想你自己正坐在海滩上晒太阳。
4. You can hardly imagine young children saying such dirty words.
   你简直想象不出小孩子会说出这样的脏话。
5. Try to imagine you being on the moon.
   想象一下你正在月球上。
6. Can you imagine me being so stupid?
   你认为我是那么愚蠢吗?

S+～+ n./pron. + v -ed

1. He imagined himself insulted.
   他认为自己受到了侮辱。
2. They imagined your ship wrecked.
   他们以为你的船遇难了。

经典引文

• These are really show birds. We can't imagine where they come from.sssss J. le Carr&eacusc;

  出自： ssssW. Wharton

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• imagine accidents 想象事故
• imagine astonishment 想象吃惊(的神情)
• imagine dangers 想象危险
• imagine life 想象生活
• imagine one's sufferings 想象某人的苦难
• imagine oneself to be always correct 以为自己总是对的
• imagine stories 编造故事
• imagine the desert 想象沙漠
• imagine the scene 想象情景
• imagine the situation there 想想那里的情况

副词+～

• little imagine 无法想象
• quite imagine 完全想象得出
• well imagine 完全想象得出

～+副词

• imagine blindly 盲目地设想
• imagine bravely 勇敢地设想
• imagine clearly 清楚地想象出
• imagine consciously 有意识地设想
• imagine constantly 经常设想
• imagine continually 不断设想
• imagine dejectedly 沮丧地设想
• imagine delightedly 高兴地想象
• imagine delightfully 愉快地设想
• imagine despairingly 绝望地设想
• imagine dimly 模糊地想象
• imagine dramatically 戏剧化地设想
• imagine easily 容易想象出
• imagine foolishly 愚蠢地设想
• imagine freely 随意地设想
• imagine generally 一般想象
• imagine incessantly 持续不断地设想
• imagine intelligently 聪明地想象
• imagine passively 消极地想象
• imagine philosophically 冷静地设想
• imagine phlegmatically 冷淡地设想
• imagine probably 可能地想象
• imagine quickly 迅速地设想
• imagine vividly 生动地想象
• imagine widely 广泛地设想
• imagine willingly 乐意想象

～+介词

• imagine as 把…当作…
• imagine from 根据…想象…

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. imagine的基本含义是“想象”,即把五官感觉不到的东西在内心加以描述。这些东西可能是实际上并不存在的,也可能是虽然存在但尚不了解的,这时译为“猜想”“料想”。
2. imagine是及物动词,其主语一般是表示人的名词或代词。在表示“想象某人〔物〕〔事〕可能存在或发生”时,可接sb/sth; 在表示“想象或认为某人做某事”时,可接名词、代词或动名词作宾语; 在表示“把某人〔物〕〔事〕想象成…”时,可接由名词、代词、形容词、现在分词、过去分词作宾语补足语的复合宾语; 而在表示“想象…”或“假定…”时则可接that/what从句。
3. imagine之后不能接动词不定式作宾语,也不能用在除to be之外的动词不定式作宾语补足语。imagine一般不用于进行时,可用于被动结构。
4. imagine后接的宾语是否定意思的从句时,通常要对imagine进行否定,而从句用肯定结构。
5. 在imagine后可用代词so〔not〕代替前面的名词、动名词或从句,而不用it。
6. 当在imagine后接的宾语从句为一特殊疑问句时,疑问词不可放在imagine之后,要放在句首。

词义辨析

v. (动词)

imagine, guess, suppose

• 这三者均可表示“猜想”。其区别是：
• imagine指没有事实根据,仅凭主观想象进行猜想; guess指未经认真思索而进行猜想,有时指不着边际地瞎猜; suppose指依据某些事实进行探索性的推测。例如:
• I guess you've already known the answer.我想你已经知道答案了。
• I suppose he is late again.我想他又迟到了。

imagine, conceive, fancy, think

• 这组词的共同意思是“在思想中形成一个看法或观点”。其区别在于:think指想起一个主意或观念,也指思考反思得出结论或作出判断,或认真的思想活动,或在头脑中形成鲜明的形象或清楚的看法或作出打算或目的; conceive指在头脑中组织好自己的思想,强调通过思考而形成一个见解; imagine强调形象的思维; fancy强调形象的不真实或想法的不正确,有时甚至侧重脱离事实、想入非非。例如:
• The Wright brothers conceived the design of the first motor-powered plane.莱特兄弟设计出了第一架动力驱动飞机的图样。
• Try to imagine being on the moon.想象一下你在月球上。
• Don't fancy that you can succeed without hard work.别以为你不努力就能取得成功。

下面三个句子意思相同:

• I imagine him to be a big, tall man.
• I imagine him a big, tall man.
• I imagine him as a big, tall man.
• 我猜想他是个又高又大的人。

think，conceive，imagine，fancy，realize

• 这些动词均可表示“在思想中形成一个看法或观念”之意。
• think最普通用词，指想或思索，也指由反复思考而作出判断或得出结论等。
• conceive指在头脑中组织好自己的思想，在心中形成一个系统的思想或一个见解。
• imagine比conceive更强调形象思维，指在头脑中形成一个清晰明确的意象。
• fancy与imagine略不同，往往指的是不切实际的，属于梦幻般的想象。
• realize指领悟，通过生动的构思或想象从而抓住事物的本质。

常见错误

v. (动词)

1. 她感到寓所里有一股焦味。

   误 She is imagining that there is a smell of burning in the flat.

   正 She imagines that there is a smell of burning in the flat.

   析 imagine作“认为”“感觉”解时是静态动词,一般不用进行体。

2. 我无法设想没有电的生活。

   误 I can't imagine to live without electricity.

   正 I can't imagine living without electricity.

   析 imagine是及物动词,可跟名词、代词、动名词或that从句作宾语,但不可以接动词不定式。

3. 我想这些年轻人不是你的学生。

   误 I imagine these young people weren't your students.

   正 I don't imagine these young people were your students.

   析 imagine的宾语从句若含有否定意义,须用于转移否定的结构,否定词移至主句。

4. 我想我以前见过他,不是吗?

   误 I imagined that I had met him before, didn't I?

   正 I imagined that I had met him before, hadn't I?

   析 imagine在带有附加疑问句时,疑问句应同从句中主谓保持一致。

5. 你想它离这儿有多远?

   误 Do you imagine how far it is from here?

   正 How far do you imagine it is from here?

   析 当在imagine后接的宾语从句为一特殊疑问句时,疑问词不可放在imagine之后,要放在句首。

词源解说

• ☆ 14世纪中期进入英语，直接源自古法语的imaginer；最初源自古典拉丁语的imaginari，意为形成一个想像的图片，想像。

近反义词

【近义词】

• conceive
• guess
• suppose