单词 | imagine |
释义 | imagine imagine /ɪˈmædʒ.ɪn/ verb [T] ↑Verb Endings for imagine B1 to form or have a mental picture or idea of something: » Imagine Robert Redford when he was young - that's what John looks like.» [+ (that)] Imagine (that) you're eating an ice cream - try to feel how cold it is.» [+ question word] Can you imagine how it feels to be blind?» [+ -ing verb] She imagined herself sitting in her favourite armchair back home.» They hadn't imagined (= expected) (that) it would be so difficult.» I can't imagine (= I really don't know) what he wants from us.Thesaurus+: ↑Imagining and conceivingB2 to believe that something is probably true: » [+ (that)] I imagine (that) he's under a lot of pressure at the moment.» I don't imagine (that) they have much money.» "Will they change it?" "I imagine so."Thesaurus+: ↑Guessing, supposing and suspectingB1 to think that something exists or is true, although in fact it is not real or true: » "Did you hear a noise?" "No, you're imagining things/No, you must have imagined it."» I've never heard her criticize you - I think you imagine it.Thesaurus+: ↑Imagining and conceivingF0 used to express shock or surprise, often at someone else's behaviour: » She got married at 16! Imagine that!» [+ -ing verb] Imagine spending all that money on a coat!Thesaurus+: ↑Expressions of surpriseyou can't imagine UKF0 used to emphasize a statement: » You can't imagine what a mess the house was in after the party.Thesaurus+: ↑Very and extreme , ↑Complete and whole , ↑Intensifying expressionsWord Builder:–Nouns: imagination–Adjectives: imaginable, unimaginable, imaginary, imaginative–Verbs: imagine–Adverbs: unimaginably, imaginatively• • • Extra Examples:» Spending Christmas with him and his brother - I can't imagine anything worse!» Try to imagine what life must have been like for Neolithic man 10 000 years ago.» "Did you hear a noise?" "No, you're imagining things."» You can't imagine what it would be like to have your child die - it's quite unthinkable.» He has the most awful taste so you can probably imagine what his house looks like. |
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