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  • Conjugation : past  imagined ; ing  imagining
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

imagine [ɪ'mæʤɪn]
  1. 1. vt. (envisage) 想象
  2. 2. vt. (dream) 幻想
  3. 3. vt. (suppose) 设想

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

imagine [ɪˈmæʤɪn]
  1. 1. vt. 想象幻想
  2. 2. vt. 设想认为猜想
    I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel.
    我想她的新小说一定为她挣了不少钱。

Collins English-English Dictionary

imagine [ɪ'mæʤɪn]
  1. 1. sentence substitute imagine that! an exclamation of surprise
  2. 2. vb [when tr, may take a clause as object] to form a mental image of
  3. 3. vb [when tr, may take a clause as object] to think, believe, or guess
  4. 4. vt. [tr; takes a clause as object] to suppose; assume
    I imagine he'll come
  5. 5. vt. [tr; takes a clause as object] to believe or assume without foundation
    he imagines he knows the whole story
  6. 6. vt. an archaic word for plot
  7. 7. sentence substitute [Etymology] C14: from Latin imaginari to fancy, picture mentally, from imago likeness; see image

Examples

I would imagine we need to speak to the head teacher about this first.
我想我们应该先和校长说说这件事。
Can't imagine what could have moved her to do such a thing.
真想不通,是什么促使她这么做的。
as you can imagine...
就如你能想像的那样…
I did not imagine such consequences.
我没想到会是这样的结果。
An early end to the conflict was now hard to imagine.
早日结束冲突现在难以想象。

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