想像してください
解説 Definition
imagine は、「想像する」「心に思い描く」という意味の動詞です。命令文では「想像してください」という呼びかけとして使われます。
Imagine means to form a mental picture or idea of someone, something, or a situation that is not currently present or real. In the imperative, it invites the listener to picture a proposed scene or possibility.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
imagine は image「像」と同じラテン語系で、頭の中に像を作ることが意味の核です。Imagine a blue sky. のような命令文では、実際には見えていない場面を「想像してください」と相手に促します。imagine＋名詞、imagine＋文、imagine doing の三つの型を場面ごと覚えましょう。
Link imagine with image: when you imagine something, you create an image or idea in your mind. In instructions, Imagine often begins an invitation to enter a mental scene, as in Imagine a blue sky or Imagine you are in a new city. Learn three useful patterns: imagine plus a noun, imagine plus a clause, and imagine doing something. This mental-picture sense distinguishes imagine from remember, which brings back something experienced in the past, and from see, which usually involves actual sight.
例文
Imagine a blue sky.
青い空を想像してください。
Imagine you are in a new city.
新しい街にいると想像してください。
Imagine the room without any desks.
机が一つもない部屋を想像してください。
imagine の類義語・関連語
imagine の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 imaginari（心に描く）→ imago（像・模像）が語源。im-（中に）+ ag-（似せる）の構造。image（像）、imitate（模倣する）と同根。頭の中に「像」を結ぶことが「想像する」という意味の核心。
Imagine entered English through Old French from Latin imaginari, meaning “to form a mental picture,” which was derived from imago, “image, likeness, or representation.” Image belongs to the same word family and preserves the central idea of a visible or mental form. The verb’s modern meaning developed directly from forming such an image inwardly: to picture a person, object, event, or possibility in the mind.
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