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。