imagine

imagine
verb
[with obj.]
  1. form a mental image or concept of
    想像
    imagine a car journey from Edinburgh to London.
    想像一下从爱丁堡到伦敦的汽车旅行。
    [with clause]I couldn't imagine what she expected to tell them.
    我想像不出她想要告诉他们什么。
    ■[often as adj. imagined]believe (something unreal or untrue) to exist or be so
    臆想
    they suffered from ill health, real or imagined, throughout their lives.
    他们一生饱受病痛的折磨，无论是真实的还是臆想出来的。
  2. [with clause]suppose or assume
    假设，猜测
    after Ned died, everyone imagined that Mabel would move away.
    内德死后，大家都猜想梅布尔会搬走。
    ■[as exclamation]just suppose
    请想一想
    imagine! to outwit Heydrich!.
    请想一想！竟然智取黑盗客！。
派生
imaginer
noun
语源
  1. Middle English: from Old French imaginer, from Latin imaginare 'form an image of, represent' and imaginari 'picture to oneself', both from imago, imagin- 'image'
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