詞彙精選:imagine的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義:
v.
想象,設想 [T]
例句:
Frankly I can't imagine how any manager could afford to get rid of it.
坦率地說我不能想象哪個經理能擺脫得了它。
例句:
I can't imagine what has happened.
我想象不出發生了什麼事。
猜測,猜想,推測,認爲 [T]
例句:
The way the engine puttered out, I imagine that we are out of petrol.
從引擎慢慢熄火的情況來看,我猜想我們準是沒汽油了。
例句:
I imagine them to have finished.
我猜想他們已做完了。
臆想,幻想 [T]
例句:
Can you imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie?
你可以想象一個虛構的野生動物園經理幻想自己管理一個虛構的野生動物園嗎?
例句:
I realised that I must have imagined the whole thing.
我意識到大概整件事都是我臆想出來的。
二、詞義辨析:
think,conceive,imagine,fancy,realize
這些動詞均可表示“在思想中形成一個看法或觀念”之意。 think最普通用詞,指想或思索,也指由反覆思考而作出判斷或得出結論等。conceive指在頭腦中組織好自己的思想,在心中形成一個系統的思想或一個見解。imagine比conceive更強調形象思維,指在頭腦中形成一個清晰明確的意象。fancy與imagine略不同,往往指的是不切實際的,屬於夢幻般的想象。 realize指領悟,通過生動的構思或想象從而抓住事物的本質。
三、參考例句:
Imagine a vertical fall.
請設想一下垂直下落的情形。
Imagine no possessions.
想象沒有財產。
Imagine there's no heaven.
幻想世上並沒有天堂
Imagine there's no countries.
想象沒有國家。
Imagine never feeling unloved again.
你永遠都不會感到無人疼愛。
Imagine a world without statistics.
想象一下沒有統計學的世界吧。
You can imagine my astonishment.
你可以想象我的吃驚。
I just can imagine him saying that!
我確實能想到他那麼說!
I can't imagine what has happened.
我想象不出發生了什麼事。
Imagine living in Barbie's world
有沒有想象過來到一個芭比世界?