imaginable
adjective /ɪˈmædʒɪnəbl/
/ɪˈmædʒɪnəbl/
- used with superlatives, and with all and every, to emphasize that something is the best, worst, etc. that you can imagine, or includes every possible example
（与形容词最高级或与 all、every 连用，表示强调或概括）想象得到的 - The house has the most spectacular views imaginable.
从这所房子可以看到所能想象的最壮丽的景色。 - They stock every imaginable type of pasta.
他们备有各种能想到的意大利面食。 - Each trainee must be able to respond effectively to all imaginable crises.
每个受训者必须能够有效地应对所有可以想象的危机。
- It was the most boring movie imaginable!
这部电影要多无聊有多无聊。 - They had every colour imaginable.
他们有各种可以想象的颜色。 - They live in the worst conditions imaginable.
他们的居住条件之差你怎么形容都不为过。 - He used the worst type of language imaginable.
他使用了可以想象到的最糟糕的语言。
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- barely
- hardly
- scarcely
- …
- the best… imaginable
- the most… imaginable
- the worst… imaginable
- …
- The house has the most spectacular views imaginable.
- possible to imagine
可想象的 - These technological developments were hardly imaginable 30 years ago.
这些科技新产品在 30 年前几乎是不可想象的。
- To such poor people, the idea of having a choice of food is barely imaginable.
对如此贫苦的人来说，挑选食物是想也不敢想的事。 - What those prisoners went through is hardly imaginable.
很难想象那些囚犯都经历了些什么。
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- barely
- hardly
- scarcely
- …
- the best… imaginable
- the most… imaginable
- the worst… imaginable
- …
- These technological developments were hardly imaginable 30 years ago.
词源late Middle English: from late Latin imaginabilis, from Latin imaginare ‘form an image of, represent’, from imago, imagin- ‘image’.