imagine是什么意思

误 She is imagining that there is a smell of burning in the flat.

正 She imagines that there is a smell of burning in the flat.

析 imagine作“认为”“感觉”解时是静态动词,一般不用进行体。

误 I can't imagine to live without electricity.

正 I can't imagine living without electricity.

析 imagine是及物动词,可跟名词、代词、动名词或that从句作宾语,但不可以接动词不定式。

误 I imagine these young people weren't your students.

正 I don't imagine these young people were your students.

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。

误 I imagined that I had met him before, didn't I?

正 I imagined that I had met him before, hadn't I?

析 imagine在带有附加疑问句时,疑问句应同从句中主谓保持一致。

误 Do you imagine how far it is from here?

正 How far do you imagine it is from here?

析 当在imagine后接的宾语从句为一特殊疑问句时,疑问词不可放在imagine之后,要放在句首。