核心畫面

Picture making a picture inside your own head — calling up something you cannot see in front of you and letting your mind 'look' at it. Every use of imagine is some version of that inner screen lighting up.

可以想成在自己腦袋裡「畫一張畫」——把眼前看不到的東西叫出來,讓心裡去「看」它。imagine 的每一個用法,都是這更多收起可以想成在自己腦袋裡「畫一張畫」——把眼前看不到的東西叫出來,讓心裡去「看」它。imagine 的每一個用法,都是這個內在螢幕亮起來的不同版本。

From the word’s history

From Latin imaginari 'to form a mental picture', from imago 'image' — literally to make an image in the mind.

源自拉丁文 imaginari「在心中成像」,來自 imago「影像」——字面上就是「在腦中造出一個影像」,所以核心一直是「心裡成像」。

Online Etymology Dictionary (etymonline.com), entry 'imagine'

Four branches

在心裡造畫面

核心畫面本身:主動在腦中造出一個影像或想法。

picture in your mind · verb · B1

To build a picture or an idea in your mind of something that is not in front of you, so you get a sense of what it could be like.

想像

把心裡的畫面當成真的

同樣是心裡成像,但這回你忘了那只是腦中的畫面,把它誤當成外面真實發生的事。

wrongly believe · verb · B1

To think something is real or true when it is not.

誤以為 / 幻想

心裡覺得大概是這樣

把腦中成像的力道調弱:不是確定,只是在心裡先「擺出一個版本」當作大概的答案。

guess, suppose · verb · B1

To think something is probably true, even when you are not sure or have no proof.

猜想 / 料想

叫對方一起想想看

把「在心裡造畫面」這個動作丟給聽話的人:請你也在腦中亮起這個畫面,好感受它有多好、多糟或多誇張。

expressing surprise · verb · B1

Used in speaking to show how good, bad, or surprising something is.

你能想像 / 你想想看

原始詞典資料8 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

imagineverb/ɪˈmæd͡ʒ.ɪn/

  • 1

    To form a mental image of something; to envision or create something in one's mind.

    • Try to imagine a pink elephant.
    • Imagine yourself in a packed airport lounge.
  • 2

    To believe in something created by one's own mind, often something false.

    • She imagined that the man wanted to kill her.
    • There's nothing there; you're just imagining things.
  • 3

    To assume; to suppose.

    • I imagine that he will need to rest after such a long flight.
  • 4

    To conjecture; to guess.

    • I cannot even imagine what you are up to!
    • The board imagines the merger will increase profits by 25%
  • 5

    To use one's imagination.

    • Imagine that we were siblings.
  • 6

    obsoleteTo contrive in purpose; to scheme; to devise.

    • How long wil ye imagine miſchiefe againſt a man?
  • 7

    Used to mock an idea by suggesting that it is ridiculous or ill thought through.

    • Imagine thinking that would work.

imaginenoun/ɪˈmæd͡ʒ.ɪn/

  • 1

    slanglifestyleA short fanfic or prompt placing a reader insert in a novel scenario with a character or celebrity.

    • Some imagines are more sexual and creepy than others: "Imagine Stiles walking in on you giving Scott a blowjob."
    • i personally like imagines and fanfics so i found a good amount of kylo ren x reader fics and started going through them.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。