imagine动词：想象；设想；认为；猜测；料想；误以为；胡乱猜想
请看高考真题：
（1）.I can hardly imagine Peter sailing across the Atlantic Ocean in five days.
（2）.I can hardly imagine Peter to have sailed across the Atlantic Ocean in five days.
看看你是否翻译对了，如果对了恭喜你下面内容直接跳过：
（1）.我几乎不能想象彼得将在五天之后（内）出发横渡大西洋。
（2）.我几乎不能想象彼得在五天内就横渡了大西洋。
根据含义可以解析如下：
1.想象；设想to form a picture in your mind of what sth might be like
[动词+名词短语]
The house was just as she had imagined it.
这房子正是她所想象的。
I can just imagine his reaction.
我完全可以想象出他的反应。
I can't imagine life without the children now.
我现在无法设想没有了孩子们的生活。
He could not imagine a more peaceful scene.
他想象不出比这更祥和的景象。
It's difficult to imagine anything coming between them
很难想象会有什么事能使他们反目。
跟名词、形容词、介词短语、to be短语、现在分词等作宾语补足语的复合宾语结构，即imagine+宾语+宾补：
The boy likes to imagine himself a flyer.那孩子喜欢想象自己是个飞行员。
Imagine yourself rich and famous.
设想一下你自己既有钱又有名的情形。
I imagine her slight)and frail.
我把她想像成身体瘦小意志薄弱。
He had never imagined anything so luxurious.
他从没想像过什么东西会如此奢侈。
Imagine yourself in his place.
设想你处于他的位置。
I can't imagine you doing anything disgraceful .
我不能想像你会作出什么可耻的事情。
You can imagine the arguments continuing far into the night.
你能想像出争论持续到深夜的情景。
imagine 后跟带有as的宾语补足语:
I had imagined you as a big tall man.我原以为你是一个高大个儿。He imagine himself as the Savior of his country.
他把自己想象成为国家的救星。
The girl imagines the gentleman as her father.
这女孩把那位绅士想象成她的父亲。
I imagine our new head teacher as a reasonable man.
我想象新的班主任是一个通情达理的人。
The boy imagines himself becoming a scientist.
这孩子想象自己成了科学家。
[动词 (+ that从句)] Close your eyes and imagine (that) you are in a forest.
闭上眼睛，设想自己在森林里。
[动词+wh-从句] Can you imagine what it must be like to lose your job after 20 years?
你能想象得出干了20年之后被辞退会是什么样的滋味吗？
I can imagine what she looks like.
我能想象得出她的样子。
I couldn't imagine why he would want to be alone with me
我想象不出为什么他会想和我独处。
He couldn't imagine why he had let so much time pass without contacting her
他想不通自己为什么过了那么长时间还没有和她联系。
常考：[动词+-ing短语]
She imagined walking into the office and handing in her resignation.
她想象着自己走进办公室，递上辞呈。
Imagine earning that much money!
想想看，竟赚那么多的钱！
常考：[动词+名词短语+-ing短语]
I can just imagine him saying that!
我确实能想到他那么说！
It is hard to imagine her taking kindly to too much interference.
很难想象她会喜欢被人过多地干涉。
She could imagine her husband giving a speech in front of those delegates.
她能想象出丈夫在那些代表面前发言的样子。
I can't imagine him being late for school.
我不能想象他上学迟到。
Can you imagine me my being so stupid?你以为我如此愚蠢吗？
Would you ever have imagined him/his becoming a politician?你想到过他会成为一个政治家吗？
[动词+名词短语+带to的不定式]
I had imagined her to be older than that.
我本来以为她的年龄还要大一些。
I imagined her to be older.
我把她想象的更老一些。
I had imagined her to be older than that.
我本来以为她的年龄还要大一些。
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
I imagined your daughter to be all grown up now.
我想象你女儿现在已完全长大成人了。
Imagine yourself (to be) rich and famous. (《朗文现代英语双解词典》)Our producers should constantly imagine themselves to be in the consumer’s position.我们的生产单位要经常设身处地地为用户着想。（《新英汉词典》）Imagine yourself （to be） in his place. (《现代英语用法词典》)本文开头提到打那篇文章的作者只引用了一个例证：Don’t imagine yourself to be always correct. (《英语常用动词用法词典》)而这个例子中，作宾语补足语的不定式还是to be。
Don't imagine yourself to be always correct. (to be短语作宾补，表状态) 不要把自己想像成总是对的。
Please imagine yourself (to be ) in the customer’s position. 请设身处地为顾客着想。
The boy imagined himself (to be)a pilot. 那男孩子喜欢想象自己是一个飞行员。
Please imagine yourself （to be）in his place. 请设想你自己处于他的位置。
He imagines everything to be easy. 他想象一切都是容易的。
He imagined her to be a good physician. 他猜想她是一位好医生。
I imagine them to have finished.
我想象他们已经干完了。
常见的结构是：imagine +宾语+to be / to have done
目前各类考试中还没有出现，应该可以预测很快会考到。
[单独使用的动词]
‘He was furious.’ ‘ I can imagine .’
“他大怒。”“我想象得出。”
[also 动词+名词短语+形容词, also 动词+名词短语+名词短语]
2.误以为；胡乱猜想；猜测to believe sth that is not true
[动词 (+ that从句)]
He's always imagining (that) we're talking about him behind his back.
他总是胡乱猜想我们在背后说他的闲话。
[动词+名词短语]
There's nobody there. You're imagining things .
那里根本没有人，你在胡思乱想。
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。
I imagined the eyes of the others in the room upon me.
我觉得屋里其他人似乎都在盯着我。
3.料想；认为to think that sth is probably true
同义词：suppose , assume
[动词 (+ that从句)]
I don't imagine (that) they'll refuse.
我认为他们不会拒绝。
I don't imagine they'll refuse.
我认为他们不会拒绝。
I don't imagine you will enjoy the film.
我认为你不会喜欢这部片子的。
I don't imagine Tom has eaten all the cake.
我料想汤姆没有吃完那块蛋糕。
I don't imagine these young people were your students.
我想这些年轻人不是你的学生。
析：imagine的宾语从句若含有否定意义，须用于转移否定的结构，否定词移至主句。
I should imagine it will take about three hours.
我想得用差不多三个小时吧。
I fondly imagined that you cared for me.
我天真地以为你很喜欢我。
I would imagine she's quite lonely living on her own.
我猜想她一个人过肯定很孤独。
[单独使用的动词]
‘Can we still buy tickets for the concert?’ ‘I imagine so .’
“我们还能买到音乐会的票吗？”“我想可以吧。”
[also 动词+名词短语+that从句]
