IMAGINE1 to have a picture or idea of something in your mind2 to imagine something you want to do or want to happen3 to wrongly think that something is happening4 something that you imagine5 your ability to imagine thingsRELATED WORDSsee alsoTHINKIDEAPRETENDREAL1 to have a picture or idea of something in your mind 在脑中形成有关某事物的画面或概念imagine /ɪˈmædʒɪn, ɪˈmædʒən/ [transitive verb not in progressive or passive]to think about something and form a picture or idea in your mind about it 想象 Try to imagine a room as big as a football field. 试着想象一间像一个足球场那么大的房间。imagine (that) For a while she imagined that she was a rich woman, living in a beautiful house. 有一阵子她想象着自己是个有钱的女人，住在一幢漂亮的房子里。imagine what/who/where From the description Janet gave in her letter it was easy to imagine what her new apartment was like. 根据珍妮特在信中的描述，很容易想象出她的新公寓是什么样子。imagine doing something Just imagine having to spend the rest of your life in jail. 想象一下得在监狱中度过余生的滋味。imagine somebody doing something I can quite easily imagine you running your own business. 我很容易就能想象你自行创业做生意。can't imagine somebody doing something I can't imagine anyone wearing clothes that colour. 我不能想象谁会穿那种颜色的衣服。visualizealsovisualiseBritish /ˈvɪʒuəlaɪz/ [transitive verb not in progressive]to form a very clear picture of something or someone in your mind, especially in order to help you prepare to do something or help you to remember something clearly 想象；使形象化；设想 An architect can look at a drawing and visualize a three-dimensional shape. 建筑师能够看着图画就想象出三维的图形。 David could still visualize Polly, even though he had not seen her for ten years. 戴维仍能想象出波莉的样子，虽然他已经有十年没有见她了。visualize where/what/how He closed his eyes, trying to visualize where he had put his watch. 他闭上眼睛试图想起自己把手表放在哪里了。picture /ˈpɪktʃəʳ/ [transitive verb not in progressive]to have a clearpicture of something or someone in your mind, especially because you are trying to imagine what it is like to do something or what someone looks like 想象；构想〔尤指做某事的情景或某人的样子〕 Can you picture it? Lying in the sun, sipping cocktails -- it would be paradise! 你能想象出来吗？躺着晒太阳，喝着鸡尾酒—就像天堂里过的日子一样。picture something/somebody as I had never met Graham but I pictured him as a pale, thin young man wearing glasses. 我从未见过格雷厄姆，但我想象他是个面色苍白、身材瘦削、戴着眼镜的年轻人。picture somebody doing something Miguel could still picture the children laughing and joking, and chasing each other around the garden. 孩子们在花园里到处嬉闹追逐的情景，米格尔想起来还历历在目。can see /kən ˈsiː/ [verb phrase not in progressive or in passive]to have a clear picture of something you are thinking about in your mind, especially something pleasant or funny, or something you think is likely to happen 已经能看到〔尤愉快或有趣的事，或很可能发生的事〕 I'm going to Corfu next week. I can see it all now -- sun, sand and sea! 下周我要去科孚岛了，现在我已经都可以看见了一阳光、沙滩和大海！can see somebody doing something Jimmy's gone skiing for the first time. I can just see him coming home with a broken leg. 吉米第一次去滑雪，我仿佛能看到他回家时一条腿骨折了。form a picture /ˌfɔːʳm ə ˈpɪktʃəʳ/ [verb phrase]to form an idea of something in your mind, using the information you have about it 想象；构想〔用所掌握的信息〕 The Hubble Space Telescope allows astronomers to form a more accurate picture of our solar system. 哈勃太空望远镜使天文学家能够对我们所处的太阳系产生更为准确的图像。conceive of /kənˈsiːv ɒv/ []formalto imagine something happening or what a particular situation is like - use this especially in questions and negative statements 【正式】想象，设想〔尤用于问句和否定句〕 It is difficult to conceive of a society in which nobody has to work. 很难想象一个人人都不必工作的社会。cannot conceive of something I don't know about you, but I cannot conceive of a home without electricity or water. 我不知道你怎么想，但我是无法想象家里没电没水怎么行。2 to imagine something you want to do or want to happen 想象希望做或希望发生的事情fantasizealsofantasiseBritish /ˈfæntəsaɪz/ [intransitive verb]to think about something that you would like to do or that you would like to happen, especially when it is very unlikely that you will do it or that it will happen 想象；幻想〔不大可能做或发生的事〕fantasize about doing something I often fantasize about living in a big house with tennis courts and a swimming pool. 我常想象自己住在一幢有网球场和游泳池的大房子里。 Many men fantasize about sleeping with someone who is not their partner. 许多男人都幻想和不是自己伴侣的某个女人同床共枕。daydream /ˈdeɪdriːm/ [intransitive verb]to spend a short time imagining something pleasant, so that you forget where you are and what you are doing, especially when you are bored 做白日梦 Mark had begun to daydream, and didn't even hear the teacher's question. 马克开始做起了白日梦，甚至没听见老师的问题。daydream about/of Carol sat at her desk, daydreaming about meeting Mel Gibson. 卡罗尔坐在桌旁，想象着自己遇见梅尔·吉布森的情景。 When Charles tapped me on the shoulder I was daydreaming of golden beaches and palm trees. 查尔斯轻轻地拍我肩膀时我正在做白日梦，想象着金色的海滩和棕榈树。dream /driːm/ [intransitive verb]to imagine something pleasant that you would like to do or to happen, especially if it is possible that it might happen 梦想〔尤可能发生的事〕dream of/about When I was at college I dreamed of becoming a great novelist. 上大学时，我梦想自己成为一名伟大的小说家。 Going abroad for a holiday was something our grandparents could only dream about. 去国外度假是我们的祖父母辈只能梦想的事。dream (that) Maura had never dreamt that she could feel like this. 毛拉做梦也未想到过自己会有这种感受。3 to wrongly think that something is happening 误以为某事发生imagine /ɪˈmædʒɪn, ɪˈmædʒən/ [transitive verb]to wrongly think that you can see or hear something when it is not really happening 幻想，想象imagine (that) When I was a child I would lie awake imagining that there were monsters in the dark corners of my room. 小时候我经常会躺在床上，想象着房间的黑暗角落里有怪物。 Mary was always imagining that people were talking about her behind her back. 玛丽老是想象人家在背后谈论她。I/you/he etc must be imagining things ‘I'm sure I saw Brian in the park today.’ ‘No, you must be imagining things. Brian hasn't lived here for nearly fifteen years.’ “我今天在公园里肯定是看见布赖恩了。”“不可能，你一定是在胡思乱想，布赖恩已经将近15年没住在这里了。”be seeing things /biː ˈsiːɪŋ θɪŋz/ [verb phrase]especially spokensay this when you or someone else has imagined something that cannot be real 【尤口】产生幻觉，是想象I/you/he etc must be seeing things ‘Did that man just wave at me?’ ‘Of course not, you must be seeing things.’ “那个人是不是在向我招手？”“当然不是啦，你这肯定是幻觉。”be in the mind/be in your mind /biː ɪn ðə ˈmaɪnd, biː ɪn jɔːʳ ˈmaɪnd/ [verb phrase]if somethingis in the mind orin your mind, you are imagining it and it does not really exist 是想象；是幻觉all in the mind I don't think Martin is really ill -- it's all in the mind. 我认为马丁实际上没病一那都是胡思乱想。all in your mind No-one is trying to kill you. It's all in your mind. 没有人想要杀你，这都是你在胡思乱想。hallucinate /həˈluːsɪneɪt, həˈluːsəneɪt/ [intransitive verb]if someone who is ill or has taken drugs hallucinates, they believe that they can see things that are not really there 产生幻觉 After two days without food and water, Voss began to hallucinate. 两天两夜未吃未喝，沃斯开始产生幻觉。figment of your imagination /ˌfɪgmənt əv jɔːr ɪˌmædʒˈneɪʃən/ [noun phrase]something that does not really exist and that you were just imagining 胡思乱想 Sceptics will tell you that there is no such thing as reincarnation and that living a previous life is a figment of the subject's imagination. 怀疑论者会对你说没有转世轮回这种事，前世生活只不过是当事人的幻觉罢了。4 something that you imagine 想象出来的事imaginary /ɪˈmædʒɪnəri, ɪˈmædʒənəriǁ-neri/ [adjective]not real, but existing only as a picture or idea in your mind 想象中的；幻想的；假想的 When Linda was a child she had an imaginary friend called Booboo. 琳达小时候有一个假想出来的朋友叫波波。 He pointed an imaginary gun at me and pretended to shoot. 他用手指做假想枪指着我并假装开枪射击。 Frankie was the kind of guy who lived in an imaginary world all of his own. 弗朗姬是个完全生活在自己的想象世界里的家伙。fantasy /ˈfæntəsi/ [countable noun]an exciting or enjoyable experience that you imagine happening to you, but which will probably never happen 想象；幻想 Everyone's fantasy is that one day they will win the National Lottery. 每个人都有个梦想，就是有一天能赢得全国彩票大奖。live in a fantasy worldto always be having fantasies 生活在幻想世界里 My son seems to live in a fantasy world sometimes. 我儿子有时似乎生活在幻想世界里。daydream /ˈdeɪdriːm/ [countable noun]pleasant thoughts you have about something you would like to do, that make you forget where you are and what you are doing 白日梦； I began to have daydreams about us being married. 我开始做我们结婚的白日梦。 She was sitting at the back of the class, lost in a daydream. 她坐在教室后面，沉浸在白日梦里。hallucination /həˌluːsɪˈneɪʃən, həˌluːsəˈneɪʃən/ [countable noun]something you see that does not really exist, especially something that you see because you are ill or have taken drugs 幻觉〔尤指因生病或吸毒而幻想看见的事物〕 I knew that what I had seen was a hallucination, but it was so real and frightening. 我知道自己所看到的是幻觉，可那实在太逼真、太恐怖了。have hallucinations Jamie lost two and a half stone in the next fortnight, couldn't eat and had hallucinations. 杰米在后来的两周里体重掉了2.5英石，不能进食并产生幻觉。vision /ˈvɪʒən/ [countable noun]an image, especially a religious image, that you can see but which other people cannot 幻象；〔尤宗教的〕异象 Bernadette had a vision in which the Virgin Mary appeared before her. 贝尔纳黛特看见了一个幻象，那就是圣母玛丽出现在她面前。5 your ability to imagine things 想象力imagination /ɪˌmædʒɪˈneɪʃən, ɪˌmædʒəˈneɪʃən/ [uncountable noun] Reading is a good way to develop a child's imagination at an early age. 阅读是使孩子们的想象力在很小时就得到培养的好方法。 There's no-one knocking at the door - it must have been your imagination. 没有人在敲门——那肯定是你的幻觉。use your imagination I don't have a photograph with me so you'll have to use your imagination. 我没带来照片。你得运用你的想象力了。vivid imaginationvery strong imagination 丰富的想象力 Jack's vivid imagination often gave him bad dreams. 杰克丰富的想象力常使他做噩梦。fertile imaginationhaving a lot of original ideas 丰富的想象力 Shakespeare has the most fertile imagination of all the poets. 莎士比亚是所有诗人中最富于想象力的。