These words all mean to form an idea in your mind of what sb/sth might be like. 以上各词均含想象、设想之义。

• imagine to form an idea in your mind of what sb/sth might be like 指想象、设想：◆The house was just as she had imagined it. 这房子正如她所想象的。
• think to imagine sth that might happen or might have happened 指猜想、想象、试想：◆We couldn't think where you'd gone. 我们猜想不出来你到哪里去了。◆ 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 to consider sth as a future possibility; to imagine sb as sth 指设想、想象：◆I can't see her changing her mind. 我无法想象她会改变主意。◆His colleagues see him as a future director. 他的同事认为他很可能是未来的负责人。
• envisage (especially BrE) to imagine what will happen in the future 指想象、设想、展望：◆I don't envisage working with him again. 我想象不出再与他一起工作的可能。 NOTE The usual word for this in American English is envision (see below). 在美式英语中，这一意义常用 envision（见下文）。
• envision to imagine what a situation will be like in the future, especially a situation that you intend to work towards 指展望、想象：◆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。 NOTE Envision is used especially in business and political contexts. In North American English it is also used as another form of the word envisage. * envision 尤用于商业和政治语境，在美式英语中亦作 envisage 的另一种形式：◆I don't envision working with him again. 我想象不出再与他一起工作的可能。

Patterns

• to imagine/see/envisage/envision sb/sth as sth
• to imagine/see/envisage/envision (sb) doing sth
• to imagine/think/see/envisage/envision who/what/how…
• to imagine/think/envisage/envision that…