imagine

A1 CET-4 Oxf 3000 初中 FREQ #777 ★★★★☆

vt. 想像, 设想, 猜测 vi. 想像起来

发音

CA /ɪˈmæd͡ʒ.ɪn/
其它
US /ɪˈmæd͡ʒ.ɪn/
AU /ɪˈmæd͡ʒ.ɪn/
UK /ɪˈmæd͡ʒ.ɪn/
NZ /ɪˈmɛd͡ʒ.ɪn/

词形变化

imagines 复数 imagines imaginedst imagines 三单 imagineth imagining imagined imagining 现在分词 imagined 过去式 imagined 过去分词 imaginest imaginedst 过去式 imagineth 三单 imagined 复数

别名

imagin

教材释义与例句

动词

想像;猜想;臆断

to form a picture or idea in your mind about what something could be like

动词

想像;猜想;想像起来

Perhaps she'd never really been there at all – perhaps she'd just imagined it.

可能她从未到过那儿——也许这都是她的幻想。

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A short fanfic or prompt placing a reader insert in a novel scenario with a character or celebrity.

    俚语

    If I get inspired immediately, I can bust out an imagine in 5-10 minutes.

v. A1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    To form a mental image of something; to envision or create something in one's mind.

    想像

    及物

    Try to imagine a pink elephant.

    Imagine yourself in a packed airport lounge.

  2. 2.

    To believe in something created by one's own mind, often something false.

    及物

    She imagined that the man wanted to kill her.

    There's nothing there; you're just imagining things.

  3. 3.

    To assume; to suppose.

    及物

    I imagine that he will need to rest after such a long flight.

  4. 4.

    To conjecture; to guess.

    及物

    I cannot even imagine what you are up to!

    The board imagines the merger will increase profits by 25%

  5. 5.

    To use one's imagination.

    不及物

    Imagine that we were siblings.

  6. 6.

    To contrive in purpose; to scheme; to devise.

    废旧 及物
  7. 7.

    Used to mock an idea by suggesting that it is ridiculous or ill thought through.

    及物

    Imagine thinking that would work.

词汇关系

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词源

From Middle English ymagynen, from Middle French imaginer, from Latin imāginor, from imāginem, the accusative singular of imāgō (“a copy, likeness, image”).

来源:wiktionary