imagine

先看两个例句:

例1.I can hardly imagine Peter(‘s) ____ across the Atlantic Ocean in five days.

A. sail B. to sail C. sailing

参考答案:C

例2. Can you imagine yourself ____ on a desert island?

A. was B. to be C. be D. will be

参考答案:B

解析:

例1中的Peter’s sailing作imagine的宾语;例2中的to be是宾语补足语。一般这种to be是常被省略的,此题也可不填更符合于语言实际,或改用that从句替代例2的复合结构。其实,imagine后面的宾补也只能是to be,不可能是其他动词,所以说imagine后不接不定式。

imagine不宜用进行时态,但与always连用表示感性色彩时,便可用于进行时,例如:

He is always imagining dangers that don’t exist.他老是想像并不存在的危险。

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