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そうぞう^２ 想像

imagination; (a) fancy

〈仮定〉 (a) supposition

〈推測〉 【形式ばった表現】 (a) conjecture; (a) guess; (a) surmise

想像する

imagine; fancy; picture; suppose; picture [figure] to oneself; see; 【形式ばった表現】 envision

〈推測する〉 guess; 【形式ばった表現】 surmise; 【形式ばった表現】 conjecture

想像できる

imaginable

conceivable

thinkable

想像できない

unimaginable

inconceivable

unthinkable

想像上の

imaginary

いろいろと想像を巡らす

give full scope [rein, play] to one's imagination

用例

それはどんなものか想像がつかない. I haven't the faintest [have no] idea (of) what it is like. 何とでも想像できる. It may be anything one chooses to imagine. あとは読者のご想像にお任せする. What followed must be left to the imagination of the reader. その大きさは想像を絶する. The size surpasses [defies] the imagination.｜Its scale is almost beyond imagining. 獏は想像上の動物で夢を食うといわれている. The baku is an imaginary animal, which is said to feed on dreams.

想像画

an imaginary picture

想像妊娠

imaginary [false] pregnancy

想像力

imagination

imaginative power

想像力に富む

be imaginative

have a lively [a vigorous, a lot of] imagination

想像力をかき立てる

《物事が主語》 fire [stir, kindle, 【形式ばった表現】 inflame] one's imagination.

斎藤和英大辞典

想像

読み方 そうぞう

名詞

1

Imagination; fancy; conception; an idea; a creation of the brain; a coinage of the brain:（=する） to imagine; to fancy; to conceive; to form a conception of （anything）; to form an idea of （anything）; to picture to oneself, figure to oneself, image to oneself:（=の） imaginary; fancied

用例

僕の想像通りであった
It was as I had imagined.

後は想像に任せる
You may imagine the rest―The rest may be imagined.

実際は想像に反する
The reality is contrary to what one imagines.

実際は想像と大違いだ
The reality is far from what you imagine.

完全な人を想像する（夢に周公を見る）
to conceive a perfect man

これに勝るものは想像もできぬ
A better is not to be conceived―A better is inconceivable―It is the best conceivable.

これが想像し得べき限りだ
This is the greatest conceivable.

その美は想像も及ばぬ
The beauty is beyond imagination―The beauty baffles imagination―defies imagination―beggars imagination.

その場を実見しなけりゃ想像もつかぬ
You can form no idea of the scene, unless you see it for yourself.

想像したばかりでもぞっとする
I shudder at the bare idea―（他動詞構文にすれば）―The bare idea makes me shudder.

その名を聞いて立派な紳士を想像した
On hearing his name mentioned, I pictured to myself―figured to myself―imaged to myself―a fine gentleman.

想像力
the （faculty of） imagination

彼は想像力に富んでいる、想像が豊富だ
He has a rich imagination―a fertile imagination―a lively imagination―an exuberant imagination―He is very imaginative.

想像を働かす
to exercise the imagination

想像の働き
a flight of imagination

想像をたくましくする
to give rein to one's imagination―give free play to one's imagination―give a loose to one's fancy

詩人が想像に任して天の使を描く
The poets give rein to their imagination in describing the angel.

あの人を英雄と思うにはちと無理な想像を要する
It requires a stretch of imagination to think him a hero.

無理な想像をしなくともその光景が思いやられる
It requires no great stretch of imagination to picture the scene.

実際の困難は無い、困難はただ想像にあるのみだ
There are no real difficulties; they are only imaginary difficulties.

想像画
an imaginary picture―a fancy picture

2

（＝仮定）supposition:（=する） to suppose

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想像するに余りあり
There are ample grounds for the supposition.

想像説
a supposition―a hypothesis

3

（＝臆測）a guess; conjecture; surmise; speculation:（=する） to guess; to conjecture; to surmise; to speculate （on anything）

用例

僕の想像通りであった
It was as I had conjectured―I was right in my conjectures.

世間では議会の解散についていろいろと想像をめぐらしている
People speculate on the dissolution of the Diet:

JMdict

想像

読み方：そうぞう

（名詞、サ変名詞、形容詞相当語句／ノ形容詞） imagination; guess

JST科学技術用語日英対訳辞書

想像

fantasy; guess; imagination; phantasy

ライフサイエンス辞書

想像

**** そうぞう

(n) imagination **

(n) supposition **

(v) imagine **

(vt) suppose **

(vt) conceive ***

(aj) imaginary **

(aj) imaginative *

関連語

思う, 仮説, 仮定, 妊娠, 仮想

用例

imagine [想像する]

However, the subjective experiences of imagining and seeing are clearly different. (Neuron)

Modern vitrectomy and cataract extraction techniques have reached levels not imagined 20 years ago. (Curr Opin Ophthalmol)

用例

suppose [想像する]

The evolutionary and physiological diversity of Archaea is far greater than previously supposed. (Proc Natl Acad Sci USA)

suppose that [〜であると想像する]

It is often supposed that, except for tandem duplicates, genes are randomly distributed throughout the human genome. (Nat Genet)

be supposed to [〜すると想像される]

BAT's approach to running the Guildford depository, in our view, amounts to concealing what is supposed to be public information. (Lancet)

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conceive [想像する，妊娠する]

The metabolic syndrome, manifested by insulin resistance, obesity, dyslipidemia, and hypertension, is conceived to increase the risk for coronary heart disease and type II diabetes. (Am J Epidemiol)

To describe pregnancy outcomes in women aged 50 years or older who conceived after in vitro fertilization with donor oocytes. (JAMA)

be conceived as [〜だと思われている]

Molecular electronics is commonly conceived as reproducing diode or transistor action at the molecular level. (J Am Chem Soc)

概念ツリー

心理現象および過程　Psychological Phenomena and Processes

心理過程　Mental Process

認知　Cognition

想像　Imagination

夢　Dream

空想　Fantasy

imaginationの共起表現

suppositionの共起表現

supposeの共起表現

conceiveの共起表現

imaginaryの共起表現

日本語WordNet(英和)

想像

【動詞】

1 suppose, opine, guess, imagine, reckon, think

期待する、信じるまたは　看做す

(expect, believe, or suppose)

I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel 私は、彼女は彼女の新しい小説で多額のお金を得たと思う I thought to find her in a bad state 私は、悪い状態で彼女を発見するのではないかと思った he didn't think to find her in the kitchen 彼は、台所に彼女はいないと思った I guess she is angry at me for standing her up 彼女をすっぽかしたので、彼女は私に対して怒っていると思う

2 hypothesise, theorise, hypothecate, suppose, theorize, speculate, conjecture, hypothesize

特に不確かであるか仮の根拠で信じる

(to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds)

Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps 科学者は、大きな恐竜が沼に住んでいると仮定した

3 project, visualize, visualise, image, figure, fancy, see, envision, picture

想像する

(imagine)

I can't see him on horseback! 彼が馬に乗るなんて想像できない！ I can see what will happen 何が起こるか私には分かる I can see a risk in this strategy 私はこの戦略の危険性が分かる

4 foresee, envision

心に描く

(picture to oneself)

I cannot envision him as President 私は彼を大統領として心に描くことができない

5 conceive of, envisage, ideate, imagine

存在しない、あるいは、事実と異なる心像を形成する

(form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case)

Can you conceive of him as the president? 彼が社長である姿を想像できますか？

6 fantasize, fantasise, fantasy

空想にふける

(indulge in fantasies)

he is fantasizing when he says he plans to start his own company 彼は、いつ彼自身の会社を興す計画について言おうかと想像している

【名詞】

1 vision, imaginativeness, imagination

現実として認められなくて、感覚に存在しない何かの心像の形成

(the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses)

popular imagination created a world of demons 普通の想像力で悪魔の世界が創り出された imagination reveals what the world could be 想像力は、世界に何が起こり得るかを示す

2 fancy

コールリッジが抱いた想像の一種で、忠実な想像より気まぐれで、うわべだけである

(a kind of imagination that was held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination)

3 shot, dead reckoning, guesswork, guess, guessing

わずかな情報あるいは全く情報がない状態での推測

(an estimate based on little or no information)

4 illusion, fancy, fantasy, phantasy

多くの人が嘘だと思っていること

(something many people believe that is false)

they have the illusion that I am very wealthy 彼らは私が金持ちだという幻想を持っている

5 surmisal, hypothesis, speculation, conjecture, supposition, surmise, guess

不完全な証拠に基づく意見を表すメッセージ

(a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence)

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