看美剧学英语实用表达: I can only imagine
I can only imagine: to form or have a mental picture or idea of something or someone; If you imagine something that is not real or true, you think that it exists, has happened, or is true. I can only imagine means you can't really be in the scene. You just have to imagine it.As in I can only imagine how he must have felt, entering the Oval Office in turbulent times.
中文释义:I can only imagine,我只能想象;超出我的判断;超乎寻常。适用于以下两种场景:1、对说话方所提及的某种状态的理解和共鸣,表达自己设身处地、感同身受的一种认可;2、对于说话方所描述的某件事情感到惊讶,或认为它超出了真实环境下能够被人所接受的范围,比如,好的令人憧憬和向往,坏的令人难以面对。只能通过想象来模拟当时的情境。例句:I can only imagine how he must have felt, entering the Oval Office in turbulent times.(我只能想象他在那个动荡的年代步入椭圆形办公室时的所思所想。)
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