imagine noun ⇨imagine (imagine what it would be like)⇨suppose (I imagine so.)imagine
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imagine ♦︎ think ♦︎ see ♦︎ envisage ♦︎ envision ♦︎ picture ♦︎ visualize ♦︎ conceptualize ♦︎ pretendThese words all mean to form an idea in your mind of what sb/sth might be like.這些詞均表示想象、設想。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆to imagine / see / envisage / envision / picture / visualize / conceptualize sb / sth as sth◆to imagine / see / envisage / envision / picture / visualize (sb) doing sth◆to imagine / think / see / envisage / envision / picture / visualize who / what / how...◆to imagine / think / envisage / envision / pretend that...◆Just imagine / think / pretend...■imagine [transitive, intransitive] to form an idea in your mind of what sb/sth might be like想象;設想◆The house was just as she had imagined it.這房子跟她想象的一模一樣。◆I can't imagine life without the children now.我現在無法設想沒有孩子的生活。◆Close your eyes and imagine (that) you are in a forest.閉上眼睛,想象自己身處森林裏。◆I can just imagine him saying that!我就料到他會那麽說!◆I had imagined her to be older than me.我本來以爲她比我大。◆ (spoken) 'He was furious.' 'I can imagine!'“他大發雷霆。”“我想象得出!”■think(thought, thought) [transitive, no passive, intransitive] to imagine sth that might happen or might have happened猜想;想象;試想◆We couldn't think where you'd gone.我們想不出你到哪裏去了。◆Just think how nice it would be to see them again.試想一下要是能再見到他們該有多好。◆Try to think yourself into the role.盡量發揮想象力,使自己進入角色。◆Just think-this time tomorrow we'll be lying on a beach.想想看,明天這個時候我們就躺在海灘上了。■see [transitive] (not used in the progressive tenses不用於進行時) to consider sth as a future possibility; to imagine sb/sth as sth設想;想象◆I can't see her changing her mind.我想她不會改變主意。◆His colleagues see him as a future director.他的同事認爲他很可能是未來的主事者。■envisage ɪnˈvɪzɪdʒ [transitive] (especially BrE, ratherformal) to imagine what will happen in the future想象;設想;展望◆What level of profit do you envisage?你預計會有什麽樣的利潤水平?◆It is envisaged that the talks will take place in the spring.談判預計在春季舉行。ⓘ The usual word for this in American English is envision.美式英語中通常用envision表示此義。■envision ɪnˈvɪʒn [transitive] (ratherformal) to imagine what a situation will be like in the future, especially a situation that you intend to work towards展望,設想(尤指致力達成的前景)◆They envision an equal society, free from poverty and disease.他們向往一個沒有貧窮和疾病的平等社會。ⓘ Envision is used especially in business and political contexts. In American English it is also used as another form of the word envisage. * envision尤用於商業和政治語境,在美式英語中亦用作envisage的變體◆What level of profit do you envision?你預計會有什麽樣的利潤水平?■picture [transitive] to form a picture of sb/sth in your mind設想;想象;憶起◆I can still picture the house I grew up in.我還能回憶起我童年時住的那座房子。 see also picture ⇨ descriptionnoun■visualize (BrE alsovisualise) ˈvɪʒuəlaɪz [transitive] (ratherformal) to picture sb/sth in your mind使形象化;想象;設想◆Try to visualize yourself walking into the interview calmly and confidently.盡量設想自己從容自信地進入面試現場。▸visualization (BrE alsovisualisation)
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[uncountable, countable] ◆Visualization can be a useful technique in building confidence.想象法會是個樹立自信的有用方法。NOTE辨析 Imagine, picture or visualize?Imagine is the most general of these words and is used for any idea that you form of how a person, place, thing or experience might look or feel. Picture and visualize are used particularly for imagining sth in a picture or series of pictures. They are very similar in meaning but visualize is slightly more formal and is often used to talk about a deliberate attempt to imagine sth for a particular purpose. * imagine在這些詞中最寬泛,指想象人、地方、事物或經歷等看上去或感覺上會是什麽樣子。picture和visualize尤用於想象一幅或一系列畫面。兩詞含義非常相似,只是visualize稍顯正式,並常指爲特定目的而有意識地設想。■conceptualize (BrE alsoconceptualise) kənˈseptʃuəlaɪz [transitive, intransitive] (formal) to form an idea of sth in your mind, especially an idea of sth that is difficult to imagine accurately將⋯概念化(爲⋯);構思;使形成觀念◆How can we conceptualize the way the international economy works?我們如何將國際經濟的運行方式概念化?◆The ability to conceptualize is one of the most likely indicators of who will be a successful manager.形成概念的能力是評斷一個人能否成爲出色的經理人的最適用指標之一。■pretend [transitive, intransitive](especially of children) to imagine that sth is true as part of a game(尤指兒童在遊戲中)假裝,扮作◆Let's pretend (that) we're astronauts.咱們假裝是太空人吧。◆They didn't have any real money so they had to pretend.他們沒有真錢,就用假的代替。
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