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.这些词均表示想象、设想。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;设想◆The house was just as she had imagined it.这房子跟她想象的一模一样。◆I can't imagine life without the children now.我现在无法设想没有孩子的生活。◆Close your eyes and imagine (that) you are in a forest.闭上眼睛,想象自己身处森林里。◆I can just imagine him saying that!我就料到他会那么说!◆I had imagined her to be older than me.我本来以为她比我大。◆ (spoken) 'He was furious.' 'I can imagine!'“他大发雷霆。”“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;试想◆We couldn't think where you'd gone.我们想不出你到哪里去了。◆Just think how nice it would be to see them again.试想一下要是能再见到他们该有多好。◆Try to think yourself into the role.尽量发挥想象力,使自己进入角色。◆Just think-this time tomorrow we'll be lying on a beach.想想看,明天这个时候我们就躺在海滩上了。■see [transitive] (not used in the progressive tenses不用于进行时) to consider sth as a future possibility; to imagine sb/sth as sth设想;想象◆I can't see her changing her mind.我想她不会改变主意。◆His colleagues see him as a future director.他的同事认为他很可能是未来的主事者。■envisage ɪnˈvɪzɪdʒ [transitive] (especially BrE, ratherformal) to imagine what will happen in the future想象;设想;展望◆What level of profit do you envisage?你预计会有什么样的利润水平?◆It is envisaged that the talks will take place in the spring.谈判预计在春季举行。ⓘ The usual word for this in American English is envision.美式英语中通常用envision表示此义。■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,设想(尤指致力达成的前景)◆They envision an equal society, free from poverty and disease.他们向往一个没有贫穷和疾病的平等社会。ⓘ Envision is used especially in business and political contexts. In American English it is also used as another form of the word envisage. * envision尤用于商业和政治语境,在美式英语中亦用作envisage的变体◆What level of profit do you envision?你预计会有什么样的利润水平?■picture [transitive] to form a picture of sb/sth in your mind设想;想象;忆起◆I can still picture the house I grew up in.我还能回忆起我童年时住的那座房子。 see also picture ⇨ descriptionnoun■visualize (BrE alsovisualise) ˈvɪʒuəlaɪz [transitive] (ratherformal) to picture sb/sth in your mind使形象化;想象;设想◆Try to visualize yourself walking into the interview calmly and confidently.尽量设想自己从容自信地进入面试现场。▸visualization (BrE alsovisualisation)
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[uncountable, countable] ◆Visualization can be a useful technique in building confidence.想象法会是个树立自信的有用方法。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在这些词中最宽泛,指想象人、地方、事物或经历等看上去或感觉上会是什么样子。picture和visualize尤用于想象一幅或一系列画面。两词含义非常相似,只是visualize稍显正式,并常指为特定目的而有意识地设想。■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将⋯概念化(为⋯);构思;使形成观念◆How can we conceptualize the way the international economy works?我们如何将国际经济的运行方式概念化?◆The ability to conceptualize is one of the most likely indicators of who will be a successful manager.形成概念的能力是评断一个人能否成为出色的经理人的最适用指标之一。■pretend [transitive, intransitive](especially of children) to imagine that sth is true as part of a game(尤指儿童在游戏中)假装,扮作◆Let's pretend (that) we're astronauts.咱们假装是太空人吧。◆They didn't have any real money so they had to pretend.他们没有真钱,就用假的代替。
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