想象

If sitting down to imagine your best possible self feels contrived, you will be less likely to do it.

如果坐下来想象自己最有可能的最佳形象的方法让你觉得有些勉强，那你是很难坚持下去的。

And as you can imagine, this is a somewhat difficult and controversial issue.

正如你想象的，这肯定会面临不少困难和争议的问题。

She did for a long while see Confucianism in terms of submissiveness, obedience, and conventionality.

她非常珍惜探究问题、行动和与人交流的自由，因此很难想象她会选择一个以事业、婚姻和家庭为重的普通生活。

I found it odd to imagine a nation of convivial[4] diners surrendering their birthright.

我很难想象一个具有喜欢宴会般热闹饮食的民族就此放弃了他们的特权。

Contrary to popular belief and legend, Daniel Boone not only did not wear a coonskin cap, he detested them.

丹尼尔-布恩并不像人们想象与传说中的那样，带一顶浣熊皮帽，而是带毡帽。

When presented with an opportunity to mate with such a familiar woman, a scenario he has perhaps imagined a hundred times, he may well be persuaded to copulate with her, even if he is a bit put off by those wobbly things on her chest.

当一个和如此熟悉的女人交欢的机会摆在眼前时——这种情节他可能已经想象过一百遍了——他会很容易被说服去和她交欢，即使他对她胸前那对摆动的东西有一点点厌恶。

Imagine', they say,'saved from ruin because of some cornball sentiment available in every bar and grill and truck stop in the country.

想象一下，"他们说，"他们之所以免于破产，是因为这个国家的酒吧烧烤屋、实物便利店里还有不值钱的乡巴佬情绪。

Imagine a football team winning the Super Bowl one year, and then losing to injury, free agency, or retirement its starting quarterback, and its best receiver, running back, defensive lineman, and cornerback, as well as its coach and half the front office, all over the course of the next season.

想象一个球队有一年赢得了超级杯大赛，（下面专业术语啊~真的很bt）败于伤病，自由球员市场或者四分卫，还有他最好的接球员、跑锋、防守线卫、守方后卫和教练、一半的管理部门的退职，充斥着下一个赛季。

The notorious 'Edison Chen photo scandal' helps bring down the idols with respect to their corporality. People no longer easily believe in permanent values and rules.

甚嚣尘上的"艳照门"事件在中国越发把偶像还原成活生生的肉身凡人，人们不再轻易相信某种恒定的价值与法则，越来越多的人正发挥着自己的想象诠释着未来和自己的真理，释放着生命的张力。

One concept was the corpuscular theory, which envisioned light as a stream, or flow, of small particles.

一个概念就是微粒子理论，把光想象为溪流，或微小粒子的流动。

Breath, muscle contraction of the buttocks; arch body, as far as possible to hold his head, right leg straight towards the ceiling (peg-leg knee in order to avoid muscle tension).

呼气，收缩臀部肌肉；拱起身体，尽量抬起头来，右腿伸直朝向天花板（膝微屈，以避免肌肉紧张）。

The cost of moving grain food products was unchanged from May, but year over year are up 8%.

粮食产品的运输费用与5月份相比没有变化，但却比去年同期高8％。