imagine
/ɪˈmædʒɪn/verb
with obj.
1
- form a mental image or concept of想像：
imagine a car journey from Edinburgh to London
想像一下从爱丁堡到伦敦的汽车旅行
with clause I couldn't imagine what she expected to tell them.我想像不出她想要告诉他们什么。
1.1
- often as adj. imagined believe (something unreal or untrue) to exist or be so臆想：
they suffered from ill health, real or imagined, throughout their lives.
他们一生饱受病痛的折磨, 无论是真实的还是臆想出来的。
2
- with clause suppose or assume假设, 猜测：
after Ned died, everyone imagined that Mabel would move away.
内德死后, 大家都猜想梅布尔会搬走。
2.1
- as exclamation just suppose请想一想：
imagine! to outwit Heydrich!
请想一想！竟然要智取海德里希！
派生词
imaginer
noun词源
Middle English: from Old French imaginer, from Latin imaginare 'form an image of, represent' and imaginari 'picture to oneself', both from imago, imagin- 'image'.