1imagine that...;imagine sb/sth (doing/as sth) to form a picture or idea in your mind of what sth/sb might be like 想象:
Imagine that you're lying on a beach.想象一下你躺在海滩上。It's not easy to imagine your brother as a doctor.很难想象你哥哥是当医生的。I can't imagine myself cycling 20 miles a day.我无法想象自己会每天骑自行车跑20英里。
2 to see, hear or think sth that is not true or does not exist 幻想:
She's always imagining that she's ill but she's fine really.她老以为自己有病,其实她身体挺不错。I thought I heard someone downstairs, but I must have been imagining things.我好像听到楼下有人,不过准是幻觉罢了。
3 to think that sth is probably true; to suppose 认为;以为:
I imagine he'll be coming by car.我想他会开车来的。
imagine/IˋmædʒIn; Iˈmædʒən or IˈmædʒIn/v [T]1 to think of what something would be like if it happened 想象﹐设想: +(that) Imagine you’re lying on a beach. 想象一下你正躺在海滩上。+what/how Can you imagine what it's like? 你能想象它是什么样子的吗?2 to think that something is true when it is not 胡思乱想: There's no one here – you’re imagining things . 这里没人﹐你在胡思乱想。3 to think that something is probably true 猜想: +(that) I imagine Kathy will be there. 我想凯思会去吧。4 you can/can’t imagine sth BrE spoken used to emphasize that something is very good, bad etc【英,口】你想象得到/想象不到某事物〔用于强调很好﹑很坏等〕: You can imagine how peaceful it was. 你能想象有多安宁。
imagineimagineimaginesimaginedimaginingverb (imagines, imagining, imagined)1to make a picture of something in your mind: Can you imagine life without electricity? I closed my eyes and imagined I was lying on a beach.2to see, hear, or think something that is not true: I never said that, you're imagining things.