1 VERB 想象;设想 If you imagine something, you think about it and your mind forms a picture or idea of it. 想象;设想
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He could not imagine a more peaceful scene. [VERB noun/verb-ing]
他想象不出比这更祥和的景象。
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She couldn't imagine living in a place like that. [VERB noun/-ing]
她无法想象住在那样一个地方。
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Can you imagine how she must have felt when Mary Brent turned up with me in tow?. [VERB wh]
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?
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Imagine you're lying on a beach, listening to the steady rhythm of waves lapping the shore. [VERB that]
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。
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I can't imagine you being unfair to anyone, Leigh. [VERB noun verb-ing]
利,我想象不出你会对谁不公正。
SYN envisage, see, picture, plan
2 VERB 猜测;猜想;认为 If you imagine that something is the case, you think that it is the case. 猜测;猜想;认为
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I imagine you're referring to Jean-Paul Sartre. [VERB that]
我猜你说的是让-保罗·萨特。
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We tend to imagine that the Victorians were very prim and proper. [VERB that]
我们往往认为维多利亚时代的人们都一本正经,谨言慎行。
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'Was he meeting someone?' — 'I imagine so.' [V so]
“他在和谁约会吗?”—“我猜是的。”
SYN believe, think, suppose, assume
3 VERB 臆想;幻想 If you imagine something, you think that you have seen, heard, or experienced that thing, although actually you have not. 臆想;幻想 [Also VERB n]
SYN dream, fancy, visualize, envisage
ThesaurusWord Partnership
Thesaurus | imagine Also look up: |
VERB. | picture, see, visualize 1 believe, guess, think 2 |
Word Partnership | Use imagine with: |
VERB. | can/can't/could/couldn't imagine something, try to imagine 1 2 |
ADJ. | difficult/easy/hard/impossible to imagine 1 2 |
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