imagining

英 [ɪˈmædʒɪnɪŋ]

美 [ɪˈmædʒɪnɪŋ]

v.  想象; 设想; 误以为; 胡乱猜想; 猜测; 料想; 认为
imagine的现在分词

复数：imaginings　现在分词：imagining　

BNC.20721 / COCA.20374

柯林斯词典

• VERB 想象;设想
  If youimaginesomething, you think about it and your mind forms a picture or idea of it.
  1. He could not imagine a more peaceful scene...
     他想象不出比这更祥和的景象。
  2. She couldn't imagine living in a place like that...
     她无法想象住在那样一个地方。
  3. Can you imagine how she must have felt when Mary Brent turned up with me in tow?...
     你能想象得到她看见我和玛丽·布伦特出双入对时有何感受吗？
  4. Imagine you're lying on a beach, listening to the steady rhythm of waves lapping the shore...
     想象一下你正躺在海滩上,倾听海浪有节奏地轻轻拍打海岸的声音。
  5. I can't imagine you being unfair to anyone, Leigh.
     利,我想象不出你会对谁不公正。
• VERB 猜测;猜想;认为
  If youimaginethat something is the case, you think that it is the case.
  1. I imagine you're referring to Jean-Paul Sartre...
     我猜你说的是让－保罗·萨特。
  2. We tend to imagine that the Victorians were very prim and proper...
     我们往往认为维多利亚时代的人们都一本正经,谨言慎行。
  3. 'Was he meeting someone?' — 'I imagine so.'
     “他在和谁约会吗？”——“我猜是的。”
• VERB 臆想;幻想
  If youimaginesomething, you think that you have seen, heard, or experienced that thing, although actually you have not.
  1. I realised that I must have imagined the whole thing.
     我意识到大概整件事都是我臆想出来的。

双语例句

• Whatever it is, write it down and begin imagining that you had achieved this one great goal already.
  不管你的梦想是什么，请把它写下来，想象一下你已经达到了这个伟大的目标，然后往后看看今天的你。
• Or was I just imagining it when you screwed my girlfriend?
  你搞我女朋友的事只是我在想象吗？
• This involves imagining a place where you feel happy and relaxed.
  想像一个能给你带来快乐和放松感的地方。
• Imagining yourself in a calm, peaceful setting can help you relax and relieve stress.
  想象自己处于一个平静、平和的环境下能帮助你放松、减缓压力。
• Can you imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie?
  你可以想象一个虚构的野生动物园经理幻想自己管理一个虚构的野生动物园吗？
• I lost my mind a little. I started imagining things.
  我有点心不在焉，我开始幻想了。
• I was imagining their operatives in Paris and germany.
  我想象着是巴黎和德国的电报员。
• I don't know. I just figured I was imagining things.
  我不知道，所以我觉得那只是我的想像力太丰富了。
• Politicians persist in imagining that 'the people' warm to their cheesy slogans.
  政客们还在想象着“人民”对他们的空洞口号会越来越感兴趣呢。
• But it was the only way of imagining you.
  但那是想象你的唯一方法。