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设想
shè xiǎng
Meaning
- to imagine
- to envisage
- to assume
- tentative plan
Definition
想象；假想；对未来的构想或计划。
Imagine; conceive; a conception or plan for the future.
Usage
通常用作动词或名词，表示对未发生或不存在的事情的构思或预料。
Often used as a verb or noun, indicating the conception or anticipation of something that has not happened or does not exist.
Examples
- 1 他设想过自己成为科学家的一天。 (He imagined the day when he would become a scientist.)
- 2 这个设想过于理想化，难以实现。 (This conception is too idealistic to be realized.)
- 3 起初，没有人能设想出这样的解决方案。 (At first, no one could conceive of such a solution.)
- 4 我们需要认真考虑这个设想，因为它可能改变未来。 (We need to seriously consider this plan because it could change the future.)
- 5 她设想过许多种可能性，但从未预料到这样的结果。 (She had imagined many possibilities, but never anticipated such an outcome.)
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