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。

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。
But Michele Bachelet is no figure of any literary laureate's imagining.
但米歇尔·巴切莱特与任何书面想象的戴着桂冠的形象并不符合。
You were imagining it on the plane?
你在飞机上想象过？
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。
I thought I heard something, but perhaps I was imagining it.
我觉得我（好像）听到了什么动静，不过也许这只是我的想像。
But it was the only way of imagining you.
但那是想象你的唯一方法。
When you're in dreamless sleep, you're not imagining or experiencing anything.
当在无梦的睡眠中时，你没有想象或者体验任何事。
Don't be silly, you're just imagining things!
别傻了，你只是在痴人说梦而已！
You're just imagining it. he's too old.
你再瞎想而已，他都那么老了。
I was imagining that terrorists had been in my flat and had carefully primed a bomb to kill me.
我想象恐怖分子躲在我屋子里，精心地布置了一枚炸弹，要杀我。