envisage

英 [ɪnˈvɪzɪdʒ]

美 [ɪnˈvɪzɪdʒ]

v.  想象; 设想; 展望

过去分词：envisaged　过去式：envisaged　第三人称单数：envisages　现在分词：envisaging　

CET6考研IELTSGRETEM8

Collins.2 / BNC.3832 / COCA.16510

牛津词典

verb

• 想象；设想；展望
  to imagine what will happen in the future
  1. What level of profit do you envisage?
     你预计会有什么样的利润水平？
  2. I don't envisage working with him again.
     我想象不出再与他一起工作的可能。
  3. I can't envisage her coping with this job.
     我无法设想她如何应付这个工作。
  4. It is envisaged that the talks will take place in the spring.
     谈判预期在春季举行。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 设想;想象;预想
  If youenvisagesomething, you imagine that it is true, real, or likely to happen.
  1. He envisages the possibility of establishing direct diplomatic relations in the future...
     他设想在未来可以建立直接的外交关系。
  2. He had never envisaged spending the whole of his working life in that particular job...
     他从没有想象过自己整个职业生涯都要从事那个工作。
  3. Personally, I envisage them staying together.
     就我看来，我估计他们会呆在一起。

英英释义

verb

• form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case
  1. Can you conceive of him as the president?
  Synonym:imagineconceive ofideate

双语例句

• With some kind of spirited sense he seemed to envisage a bleak, horrible void.
  他用某种精神的感官，似乎窥见了某种荒凉、可怖的空虚。
• We must never deviate from the correct course of progress, but it is neither possible nor necessary to envisage or describe in great details the development course in the distant future.
  我们要坚持正确的前进方向，但不可能也不必要去对遥远的未来作具体的设想和描绘。
• I don't envisage I will take an executive role, but rather become a consultant on merchandise and marketing.
  我不设想自己将成为管理人员，但很希望成为商品营销顾问。
• Looking even further ahead, some envisage a Ministry of Finance for the EU.
  再进一步讲，有人已在设想欧盟将成立财政部。
• Meanwhile, he can envisage a bright blueprint for himself.
  同时他还能在逆境中为自己描绘美好的蓝图。
• He had never envisaged spending the whole of his working life in that particular job
  他从没有想象过自己整个职业生涯都要从事那个工作。
• It is difficult to envisage living without the telephone.
  很难想象没有电话的生活。
• It is increasingly difficult to envisage a peaceful transfer of power next time.
  越来越难以想象下一次的权力移交还能够和平进行。
• We must envisage realities.
  我们必须面对现实。
• At all I cannot envisage the profession that pursues now in one's childhood.
  现在从事的职业根本是我小时候无法想像到的。