There's a 30-minute time limit on Internet use in the library.

4．It's quite horrible to imagine losing everything, including some of your family. (P63) 想象失去一切， 甚至包括你的家人， 是非常可怕的事情。

imagine

vt. 1) to form or have a mental picture or idea of sth.: 想象

Imagine Robert Redford when he was young - that's what John looks like.

[+ (that)] Imagine (that) you're eating an ice cream - try to feel how cold it is.

[+ question word] Can you imagine how it feels to be blind?

[+ ing form of verb] She imagined herself sitting in her favourite armchair back home.

They hadn't imagined (= expected) (that) it would be so difficult.

I can't imagine (= I really don't know) what he wants from us.

2） to believe that sth. is probably true: 认为

[+ (that)] I imagine (that) he's under a lot of pressure at the moment.

I don't imagine (that) they have much money.

"Will they change it?" "I imagine so."

3）to think that sth. exists or is true, although in fact it is not real or true: 幻想

"Did you hear a noise?" "No, you're imagining things/No, you must have imagined it."

I've never heard her criticize you - I think you imagine it.

4）UK you can't imagine used to emphasize a statement:

You can't imagine what a mess the house was in after the party.

5）used to express shock or surprise, often at someone else's behaviour:

She got married at 16! Imagine that!

[+ ing form of verb] Imagine spending all that money on a coat!

imaginable

adj. possible to think of: 可以想象的

The school offers courses in every subject imaginable.

ice cream of every imaginable flavour

imaginary

adj. describes something that is created by and exists only in the mind; that is not real: 想象中的，想象出来的