imagine that... 宾语从句是否用虚拟语气,完全由说话人的意图或句子内容所决定。试比较:
陈述语气:(表示说话人真实的看法或观点)
1. He imagines that people don't like him.
他总是认为人们不喜欢他。
2. Do not imagine that you can cope with all the problems.
别以为你能处理所有这些问题。
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. I don't imagine that we can alter anything in our own lifetime.
我还想不出来,我们这辈子变得了什么事。
来自英汉文学
虚拟语气:(说话人认为,imagine 后面的内容是不真实的,是假定的。注:表达虚拟时,多用祈使句格式开头)
1. Imagine that you were alone on an island now.
想象一下你现在孤身一人在一个岛上。(你现在没有在岛子上,故用were)
2. Imagine that you could win the 5 million prize. What would you do?
想象一下你赢得了五百万奖,你会怎么做?(将来赢500万大奖的可能性几乎没有,故用could)
3. 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。(宾语从句的内容与过去情况不符,故用had been,不用was)
来自柯林斯例句
如果觉得我的回答对您有用,请随意打赏。你的支持将鼓励我继续创作!