1.imagine doing和imagine sb doing（重点常考知识点）
Imagine earning that much money!
想想看，竟赚那么多的钱！
She couldn't imagine living in a place like that.
她无法想象住在那样一个地方。
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。
She imagined walking into the office and showing her boss the red roses.
她想象着自己走进办公室，给老板递上红色的玫瑰花。
Imagine winning the local lottery first prize of £ 5,000.
想象一下中个5,000英镑的当地彩票头奖吧。
I can just imagine him saying that!
我确实能想到他那么说！
Can you imagine her becoming a pilot?
你能想像她成了一名飞行员吗？
Imagine yourself sitting on the beach in the sun.
设想你自己正坐在海滩上晒太阳。
I can't imagine my marrying a girl of that sort.
我难以想象与那种女孩结婚后的情形。
Can you imagine their climbing the Great Wall?
你能想象他们登上万里长城时的心情吗？
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。
It's difficult to imagine anything coming between them.
很难想象会有什么事能使他们反目。
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。
注意：
imagine+名词/代词+名词或分词、形容词、介词短语
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。
Can you imagine George cooking the dinner?
你能想象乔治做饭的样子吗？
Imagine yourself in his place.想象你在他的位置上。
2.imagine+从句（that从句，wh-从句）想象；认为；以为；想，幻想；设想；猜（想）
Close your eyes and imagine (that) you are in a forest.
闭上眼睛，设想自己在森林里。
Imagine that you have a week off from school.
想象一下你放假一周。
Don't imagine you can get anything out of it.
休想在这件事上捞稻草。
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。
You knew that they were gunning for you, but did you ever imagine that it would be as bad as this?
你知道他们要找你的麻烦，但是你是否想过他们会做出如此卑劣的事情？
Never imagine that rank confers genuine authority.
绝对不要幻想那个头衔会有实权。
Don't imagine that they'll behave themselves. They will not take their defeat lying down.
别以为他们会老实的，他们决不会善罢甘休。
Scientists had never imagined that the process could happen so fast.
科学家从未想到这个过程会发生得如此之快。
Can you imagine that you can play table tennis with a robot one day?
你能想象有一天你能和机器人打乒乓球吗?
Let us imagine that by some political alchemy it had been possible to make all men equal.
让我们想象通过某种政治魔力能使人人平等。
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。
He could not imagine a more peaceful scene.
他想象不出比这更祥和的景象。
I fondly imagined that you cared for me.
我天真地以为你很喜欢我。
I don't imagine they'll refuse.
我认为他们不会拒绝。
I should imagine it will take about three hours.
我想得用差不多三个小时吧。
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。
I imagine you're referring to Jean-Paul Sartre.
我猜你说的是让－保罗·萨特。
I would imagine the job will take about two days.
我猜想这工作大概需要两天左右的时间吧。
I would imagine she's quite lonely living on her own.
我猜想她一个人过肯定很孤独。i
One can imagine how regretful he was.
可以想像他是多么懊悔。
Successful people in life imagine how their life should be and set lots of goals.
生活中成功的人会想象他们的未来生活，并为此设定许多目标。
It is difficult to imagine how the North and South could ever agree on a formula to unify the divided peninsula.
很难想象南北双方在统一半岛的方案上究竟怎样才能达成一致。
It's sometimes hard to imagine how bad things were in the thirties.
有时很难想象30年代的日子有多么困难。
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？
You can't begin to imagine how much that saddens me.
你都无从想象这让我有多悲伤。
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。
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。
I can imagine what she looks like.
我能想象得出她的样子。
You can hardly imagine what a hard time your mother had when she was a child.
你妈妈小时候别提有多苦了。
I could imagine what the teacher was saying or what it looked like in the book.
我能想象老师在说什么，以及书本上看起来是什么样。
四级真题- 2017年
Close your eyes for a minute and imagine what life would be like if you couldn't see.
闭上眼睛一分钟，想象一下如果你看不见，生活会是什么样子。
中考真题- 2015 呼和浩特
Can you imagine what future schoolbags will be like?
你能想象未来的书包会是什么样子吗?
中考真题- 2018 云南
Can you imagine what kind of world we would have without such ideas and inventions?
如果没有这些想法和发明,你觉得我们的世界会怎样？
高考真题- 2015 北京
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 cannot imagine what life on the moon would be like.
我无法想象月球上的生活情景。
It is hard to imagine what it is like to sleep rough at any time, but doubly so in the current freezing weather.
无论何时，露宿街头的滋味都是难以想象的，更何况是在现在这么冷的天气下。
You can imagine what it would be like driving a car into a brick wall at 30 miles an hour.
你可以想象汽车以每小时30英里的速度撞向一堵砖墙结果会怎样。
3.imagine +宾语+to be
imagine +宾语+to have done
imagine之后一般不能接动词不定式作宾语；也不能用除宾语+to be 或宾语+to have done
之外的动词不定式作宾语补足语。
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 imagine your daughter to be all grown up now…
我想像你女儿现在已完全长成大人了……i
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.
那男孩子曾经想像自己是一个飞行员。
I imagine them to have finished.我想像他们已经干完了。
I can hardly imagine Peter to have sailed across the Atlantic Ocean in five days.
我几乎不能想像彼得在五天内横渡了大西洋。
试比较：
I can hardly imagine Peter sailing across the Atlantic Ocean in five days.
我几乎不能想像彼得在五天后（内）横渡大西洋。
4. 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 don't imagine these young people were your students.
我想这些年轻人不是你的学生。
I didn't imagine that he would go abroad.
我料想他不会出国了。
I didn't imagine that Tom would help her.
我猜想汤姆不会帮助她。
I don't imagine they'll refuse.
我认为他们不会拒绝。