首页英语词典imagineimagine的意思

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近义词dream conceive envision fancy

vt. 想像；猜想；臆断
vi. 想像；猜想；想像起来

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第三人称单数: imagines;过去式: imagined;过去分词: imagined;现在分词: imagining;

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1. 形象在内心.
2. 形象在心里.

中文词源

imagine 想象，幻象

来自image,形象，印象，影像。引申词义想象，幻象等。

英英释意

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"

英文词源

imagine (v.): mid-14c., "to form a mental image of," from Old French imaginer "sculpt, carve, paint; decorate, embellish" (13c.), from Latin imaginari "to form a mental picture to oneself, imagine" (also, in Late Latin imaginare "to form an image of, represent"), from imago (see image). Sense of "suppose" is first recorded late 14c. Related: Imagined; imagining.

同义词辨析

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。

考试真题

Imagine, for instance, that you lost your bank card.

Imagine being able to remember every painting, on every wall, in every gallery space, between nearly 40 countries, he says.

I could imagine what the teacher was saying or what it looked like in the book.

Fantasy proneness could be considered a tendency to imagine and daydream, whereas absorption is the tendency to allow your mind to become absorbed in an activity – to pay complete attention to the sensations ( ' , 感受) and the experiences.

It was like living in an age you could never have imagined, and that never has come back.

They are effectively tackling real or imagined problems.

It seems higher education has become an industry of meeting-holders whose task it is to solve problems— real or imagined.

But how probable is it that someone will successfully jam their way into your home and steal your stuff?Let's imagine that you live in a small home with a wireless security setup that offers a functional anti-jamming system.

I can’t imagine living my professional or sociallife without international interactions.

As he lay in the hospital recovering, Harper imagined a line of healthy frozen foods that tasted good.

As I began to read about scientists, economists, and philosophers, I started imagining myself in their shoes.

Curmudgeons (倔脾气的人) who imagine that every renter is a murderer can still stay at conventional hotels.

Imagine the promise: Carrying all your textbooks in a 1.3 pound iPad?

And despite what you may believe about the limits of your own creative imaginations, we all have the potential to imagine the world in an absolutely new way.

Every major scientific discovery began with someone imagining the world to look differently from the way others saw it.

And this is what creativity is all about -- imagining the world in a new way

As much as I enjoy my own company, I no longer imagine I can get through a single day much less all my life completely on my own.

I imagine that what my parents were trying to teach me was to take responsibilities for my actions and my choices

But the teaching was shaped by our cultural imagines.

Imagine that someone in your neighborhood broke the law, and the judge put the whole neighborhood under suspicion.

"Imagine being able to remember every painting, on every wall, in every gallery space, between nearly 40 countries," he says.

Fantasy proneness could be considered a tendency to imagine and daydream,whereas absorption is the tendency to allow your mind to become absorbed in an activity – to pay complete attention to the sensations and the experiences.

I can't imagine living my professional or social life without international interactions.

Imagine a world where building the tallest skyscraper wasn't a race of height, but rather one to collect the most solar energy.

Imagine you are wandering about on a Thai island or admiring the ruins of Angkor?

Imagine you enter a car with no steering wheel, no brake or accelerator pedals.

Let's imagine that you live in a small home with a wireless security setup that offers a functional anti-jamming system.

On the other hand, imagine the cost savings for local police enforcement and town budgets without all those speeding and parking tickets.

You might imagine the job you'll get when you finish school.

That statement comes not, as you might imagine, from a stereotypical tree-hugging, save-the-world greenie ( ' , 环保主义者), but from Gordon Brown, a politician with a reputation for rigour, thoroughness and above all, caution.

Imagine how intimidating it be for prospective students unfamiliar with the complexities of higher education to navigate this kind of information and then identify which schools are the best fit.

Our brains respond better to difficulty than we imagine

You can imagine similar kinds of interactive activities along historical lines," like following the Freedom Trail in Boston, Professor Dede said.

It is almost impossible to imagine our society without thinking of the extraordinary achievements of scientists and engineers in building our complicated world.

But try to imagine our world as well without the remarkable works that have defined our culture and values

As much as I enjoy my own company, I no longer imagine I can get through a single day much less all my life completely on my own.

I imagine that what my parents were trying to teach me was to take responsibilities for my actions and my choices

But the teaching was shaped by our cultural imagines.

And I'd imagine you would be doing quire a lot of teaching outside the school, and moving around quite a bit.

"I can't imagine if there's any other acting job in the world where you don't know what show you're in, when you're hired," says voice actor Keythe Farley, who chairs the SAG-AFTRA negotiating committee.

Now, imagine the same dinner, but instead of checking their phone, the person belches—loudly.

That statement comes not, as you might imagine, from a stereotypical tree-hugging, save-the-world greenie 环保主义者, but from Gordon Brown, a politician with a reputation for rigour, thoroughness and above all, caution.

The results of her decades worth of careful observations were detailed paintings and descriptions of European insects, followed by unconventional visuals and stories of insects and animals from a land that most at the time could only imagine.

Try to imagine your life being illiterate.

When people imagine themselves as advisers and imagine their own choices as belonging to someone else, they feel less tired and rely less on decision shortcuts to make those choices.

After ten years of living in one, I can't imagine ever living in a small town again.

As you can imagine, the trip is no piece of cake.

But he said that they were all nice people and he couldn't imagine any of them had done that.

But it is useful to bear in mind that all such changes come from the technology and not some imagined desire by parents to keep their children under their wings.

Charles darwin, over 150 years ago, imagined a world far busier, noisier and more intimate (亲密的) than the world we can see and hear.

Consider again the cell-phone, and imagine the mines that produced those metals, the factories needed to make the box and packaging (包装) It came in.

Imagine a child standing on a diving board four feet high and asking himself the question: Should I jump?

Imagine my surprise when I stepped foot onto UCR's campus, where over 400 organizations exist, ranging from political organizations to karate club.

Imagine the anxiety if you do not want to be considered unpunctual.

Imagine you are a student and you share a flat with another student who you think isn't doing her share of the housework.

In 1928, Herbert Hoover imagined an America with "a chicken in every pot and a car in every garage".

So imagine my delight when he emailed me saying he wanted to come to visit me.

When most people think of the arts, they imagine the end product, the beautiful painting, a wonderful piece of music, or an award-winning performance in the theater.

When the music started, the room was filled with the most beautiful tones and musical colors I could have ever imagined.

It is difficult to the point of impossibility for the average reader under the age of forty to imagine a time when high-quality arts criticism could be found in most big-city newspapers.

It’s hard to imagine that many people are dumb enough to want children just because Reese and Angelina make it look so glamorous: most adults understand that a baby is not a haircut.

This is because the networked computer has sparked a secret war between downloading and uploading - between passive consumption and active creation - whose outcome will shape our collective future in ways we can only begin to imagine.

In the 2006 film version of The Devil Wears Prada ,Miranda Priestly, played by Meryl Streep, scolds her unattractive assistant for imagining that high fashion doesn’t affect her, Priestly explains how the deep blue color of the assistant’s sweater descended over the years from fashion shows to departments stores and to the bargain bin in which the poor girl doubtless found her garment.

Imagine that you favor increasing the minimum wage in our state, and I do not.

Imagine you are pouring your heart out to someone and they are just busy on their phone, and if you ask for their attention you get the response "I can multitask".

It's hard to imagine that many people are dumb enough to want children just because Reese and Angelina make it look so glamorous: most adults understand that a baby is not a haircut.

It's not hard to imagine a similar reversal happening in London.

It's not hard to imagine that local culture and sentiment would help shape how executives think about the future. "It surely seems plausible that happy people would be more forward-thinking and creative and lean towards R&D more than the average," said on

Some imagine that the coming work-free world will be defined by inequality.

We need them to imagine the United States as a place where they can be productive for a while without committing themselves to staying forever.

实用场景例句

‘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。”

I don't imagine (that) they'll refuse.: 我认为他们不会拒绝。

There's nobody there. You're imagining things .: 那里根本没有人，你在胡思乱想。

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。

‘He was furious. ’ ‘ I can imagine . ’: “他大怒。”“我想象得出。”

I had imagined her to be older than that.: 我本来以为她的年龄还要大一些。

I can just imagine him saying that!: 我确实能想到他那么说！

Imagine earning that much money!: 想想看，竟赚那么多的钱！

She imagined walking into the office and handing in her resignation.: 她想象着自己走进办公室，递上辞呈。

Can you imagine what it must be like to lose your job after 20 years?: 你能想象得出干了20年之后被辞退会是什么样的滋味吗？

Close your eyes and imagine (that) you are in a forest.: 闭上眼睛，设想自己在森林里。

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。

The house was just as she had imagined it.: 这房子正是她所想象的。

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。

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。

I imagine you're referring to Jean-Paul Sartre...: 我猜你说的是让－保罗·萨特。

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。

The velocity change at the contact point between the plate and spindle, forming roller was analyzed.: 分析了旋压瞬时主轴与成形辊及板材接触点的速度变化状态.

Don't imagine you can get anything out of it.: 休想在这件事上捞稻草.

One can imagine how regretful he was.: 可以想像他是多么懊悔.

I don't imagine they will come if it rains.: 我认为天如果下雨,他们是不会来的.

In the hubbub of city life, it is hard for us to imagine the people and the things of the past, and how indeed these people felt about the world.: 天天生活在城市里的我们很难想像过去的人,过去的事, 过去的年代与感觉.

You can imagine the situation there.: 你可以想象那里的情况.

I can't imagine lying like that. I would go crazy.: 我无法想像那样躺着的情形, 我会发疯的.

They were as far removed from the ethos of terrorism as you could imagine.: 他们丝毫不受恐怖主义思潮的影响,这你可以想像到的.

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