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单词 fantasize
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Definition of fantasize in English:

fantasize

(British fantasise)
verbˈfantəsʌɪzˈfæn(t)əˌsaɪz
[no object]
  • 1Indulge in daydreaming about something desired.

    he sometimes fantasized about emigrating
    Example sentencesExamples
    • You are smart and funny and I had fantasized about having you as a friend.
    • Ah yes, I had fantasized about quitting the Warehouse, but I never dreamt it would be this sweet when it finally happened.
    • Truth be told, I've long fantasized about being stranded on such an island, about how I'd build shelter, how I'd find food, what I'd do to keep myself from going insane.
    • The man she had dreamed about and fantasized about was now proposing the very thing she had wished for.
    • I fantasized about wearing cool clothes and carrying neat gadgets and weapons.
    • I grew up believing that my husband would take care of me financially, and so fantasized about being at home and having supper ready for him.
    • Who, as a child, hasn't fantasized about being orphaned and left to fend for herself?
    • I couldn't keep myself from tensing at seeing her beautiful face, the face in my dreams and that I fantasized about holding and kissing.
    • Sure, even I have fantasized about straight hair instead of my frizzy wavy hair.
    • Some children told lies as they fantasized about what they had, living aloud their day-dreams.
    • I always fantasized about going on an exotic sea cruise to Puerto Rico or San Tropez or the Greek Islands.
    • ONCE YOU'VE SPENT the time, money, and emotional energy to get yourself to that place you've fantasized about for decades, there's no sense in not having a good look around.
    • She was a beautiful woman, and I know many Irish men who fantasized about her.
    Synonyms
    daydream, dream, muse, indulge in fantasy, indulge in fancy, make-believe, play-act, pretend, imagine, give free rein to one's imagination, build castles in the air, build castles in Spain, live in a dream world, indulge in wool-gathering
    1. 1.1with object Imagine (something that one wants to happen)
      one might fantasize the death of someone seen as a threat
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Children in families in which speechlessness dominates and few facts have been disclosed may fantasize details to imagine the parental trauma.
      • Two lonely people fantasized a burial in wood from oak trees planted by their own hands.
      • Those of us who lack their spirit of adventure satisfy ourselves with the mediated version, and fantasise the rest.
      • Here the imagination could be set free to revel in the delights of the kingdom of God, to fantasize the total fulfillment that would justify one's earthly pains.
      • Wilde fantasised the narrative of his own downfall as a kind of shadow narrative to his comedies all of which dissect the downfall narrowly averted.
      • As the global flow of people speeds up, and our cities and countries become more diverse, there is no shortage of material out of which to fantasise the enemies of our nightmares.
      • Some of this was routinised homage to the wounded global behemoth, or fantasised identification with a life not being led by oneself, but some of it was not.
      • You could dress it in superhero costumes, fantasize scenarios in which it pulls off epic feats, and use it to help you escape the imaginary constraints that have been inhibiting you lately.
      • In the imagined aftermath of the failed murder attempt, Diane fantasises Rita's dependence on her as an expression of her own yearning for sexual power over Camilla and desire to be the continued source of her pleasure and satisfaction.
      • But this hasn't stopped leftists from fantasizing conspiracy theories in which the murderous Communists are transformed into the innocent victims of the conspiracy.
      • The unloved Pity fantasizes this youth as her ‘fiancé,’ but Leda reveals the grim reality behind the image.
      • I also liked Wedding Espresso which was about a woman fantasising her wedding plans and very slickly animated.
      • I was still fantasizing the filthy rich life, picturing marble floors, silk dresses, large bedrooms, and big fluffy beds that made you feel like you were floating when you slept on them.
      • Frankly, I can't see a young person fantasizing an old man into a young one so I don't think they would find me their meat.
      • Television audiences, the objects of manufactured light, are thus caught in a double time, fantasizing their own participation in events already delayed.
      • The great Denis Diderot, moralist and creator of the Encyclopédie, the bible of the French Enlightenment, went so far as to compose a remarkable piece of prose in which he fantasised a conversation with the girl.
      • The Picture of Dorian Gray fantasizes a world where middle-aged hedonists can be forever boys, equated in a timeless plane composed half out of lust, half out of the wish-fulfilling visions of the fairy story.
      • We were caught up in the idea that love is supposed to be a certain thing and we were trying to fantasise our way into that, as opposed to acknowledging what we really needed and who we really were.
      • But the last lines of the poem reveal that the prince has been fantasizing the whole episode; that he has been meditating, on the brink of an important political decision, what he would say if his plans failed and he were forced into exile.
      • But McVay's bullying haunts him, and he fantasizes revenge.
      Synonyms
      visualize, envisage, envision, picture, form a picture of, see in the mind's eye, conjure up, conceptualize
 
 

Definition of fantasize in US English:

fantasize

(British fantasise)
verbˈfæn(t)əˌsaɪzˈfan(t)əˌsīz
[no object]
  • 1Indulge in daydreaming about something desired.

    he sometimes fantasized about emigrating
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The man she had dreamed about and fantasized about was now proposing the very thing she had wished for.
    • You are smart and funny and I had fantasized about having you as a friend.
    • She was a beautiful woman, and I know many Irish men who fantasized about her.
    • I couldn't keep myself from tensing at seeing her beautiful face, the face in my dreams and that I fantasized about holding and kissing.
    • ONCE YOU'VE SPENT the time, money, and emotional energy to get yourself to that place you've fantasized about for decades, there's no sense in not having a good look around.
    • I grew up believing that my husband would take care of me financially, and so fantasized about being at home and having supper ready for him.
    • Ah yes, I had fantasized about quitting the Warehouse, but I never dreamt it would be this sweet when it finally happened.
    • Who, as a child, hasn't fantasized about being orphaned and left to fend for herself?
    • Sure, even I have fantasized about straight hair instead of my frizzy wavy hair.
    • Truth be told, I've long fantasized about being stranded on such an island, about how I'd build shelter, how I'd find food, what I'd do to keep myself from going insane.
    • Some children told lies as they fantasized about what they had, living aloud their day-dreams.
    • I fantasized about wearing cool clothes and carrying neat gadgets and weapons.
    • I always fantasized about going on an exotic sea cruise to Puerto Rico or San Tropez or the Greek Islands.
    Synonyms
    daydream, dream, muse, indulge in fantasy, indulge in fancy, make-believe, play-act, pretend, imagine, give free rein to one's imagination, build castles in the air, build castles in spain, live in a dream world, indulge in wool-gathering
    1. 1.1with object Imagine (something that one wants to happen)
      they sometimes fantasize the destruction of the world
      Example sentencesExamples
      • But this hasn't stopped leftists from fantasizing conspiracy theories in which the murderous Communists are transformed into the innocent victims of the conspiracy.
      • Those of us who lack their spirit of adventure satisfy ourselves with the mediated version, and fantasise the rest.
      • The great Denis Diderot, moralist and creator of the Encyclopédie, the bible of the French Enlightenment, went so far as to compose a remarkable piece of prose in which he fantasised a conversation with the girl.
      • You could dress it in superhero costumes, fantasize scenarios in which it pulls off epic feats, and use it to help you escape the imaginary constraints that have been inhibiting you lately.
      • We were caught up in the idea that love is supposed to be a certain thing and we were trying to fantasise our way into that, as opposed to acknowledging what we really needed and who we really were.
      • Wilde fantasised the narrative of his own downfall as a kind of shadow narrative to his comedies all of which dissect the downfall narrowly averted.
      • The Picture of Dorian Gray fantasizes a world where middle-aged hedonists can be forever boys, equated in a timeless plane composed half out of lust, half out of the wish-fulfilling visions of the fairy story.
      • I was still fantasizing the filthy rich life, picturing marble floors, silk dresses, large bedrooms, and big fluffy beds that made you feel like you were floating when you slept on them.
      • But McVay's bullying haunts him, and he fantasizes revenge.
      • I also liked Wedding Espresso which was about a woman fantasising her wedding plans and very slickly animated.
      • Television audiences, the objects of manufactured light, are thus caught in a double time, fantasizing their own participation in events already delayed.
      • Some of this was routinised homage to the wounded global behemoth, or fantasised identification with a life not being led by oneself, but some of it was not.
      • But the last lines of the poem reveal that the prince has been fantasizing the whole episode; that he has been meditating, on the brink of an important political decision, what he would say if his plans failed and he were forced into exile.
      • Two lonely people fantasized a burial in wood from oak trees planted by their own hands.
      • In the imagined aftermath of the failed murder attempt, Diane fantasises Rita's dependence on her as an expression of her own yearning for sexual power over Camilla and desire to be the continued source of her pleasure and satisfaction.
      • Frankly, I can't see a young person fantasizing an old man into a young one so I don't think they would find me their meat.
      • As the global flow of people speeds up, and our cities and countries become more diverse, there is no shortage of material out of which to fantasise the enemies of our nightmares.
      • The unloved Pity fantasizes this youth as her ‘fiancé,’ but Leda reveals the grim reality behind the image.
      • Here the imagination could be set free to revel in the delights of the kingdom of God, to fantasize the total fulfillment that would justify one's earthly pains.
      • Children in families in which speechlessness dominates and few facts have been disclosed may fantasize details to imagine the parental trauma.
      Synonyms
      visualize, envisage, envision, picture, form a picture of, see in the mind's eye, conjure up, conceptualize
 
 
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