form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case;
"Can you conceive of him as the president?"
expect, believe, or suppose;
"I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel"
"I thought to find her in a bad state"
"he didn't think to find her in the kitchen"
"I guess she is angry at me for standing her up"
imagine的用法和样例:
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用作及物动词 (vt.)
You can imagine how surprised I was. 你可以想象我是多么惊讶。
It is hard to imagine the scale of the universe. 很难想像宇宙有多大。
Imagine yourself to be on a desert island. 设想一下你身处荒岛的情形。
I imagine he will come tomorrow. 我料想他明天会来。
I imagine she'll have finished her homework by seven o'clock. 我料想她会在七点之前完成作业。
I can't imagine what Noah had in mind. 我猜不出挪亚脑子里想的是什么。
He imagines that people don't like him, but they do. 他以为人们不喜欢他,但他们是喜欢他的。