"imagined" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 想像的
• 設想的

Definition

它是「imagine」的過去式，表示某人在腦中形成了一個畫面或想法。它也可以當形容詞，表示某事是想像出來的，並不真實存在。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

它最常用作動詞過去式，如 'I imagined it'、'She imagined a better life'。作形容詞時，常見於 'imagined world'、'imagined threat' 這類搭配。不要和 'imaginative' 混淆，後者是形容人或想法富有創造力。

Examples

I imagined a big house by the sea.

我**想像**了一棟海邊的大房子。

She never imagined this could happen.

她從未**想像過**這會發生。

The monster was only imagined.

那個怪物只是**想像出來的**。

I imagined the meeting would be awkward, but it was actually fine.

我**想像**那場會議會很尷尬，但其實還算順利。

You imagined that whole conversation — it never happened.

那整段對話都是你**想像出來的**——根本沒發生過。

For years, he lived in an imagined future instead of the present.

多年來，他活在一個**想像中的**未來裡，而不是當下。