envision

英 [ɪnˈvɪʒn]

美 [ɪnˈvɪʒn]

v.  展望; 想象

过去分词：envisioned　过去式：envisioned　第三人称单数：envisions　现在分词：envisioning　

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Collins.1 / BNC.33804 / COCA.4483

牛津词典

verb

• 展望；想象
  to imagine what a situation will be like in the future, especially a situation you intend to work towards
  1. They didn't envision any problems with the new building.
     他们没想到这栋新楼会有什么问题。
• 展望；想象
  to imagine what a situation will be like in the future, especially a situation you intend to work towards
  1. They didn't envision any problems with the new building.
     他们没想到这栋新楼会有什么问题。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 设想;想象;预想
  If youenvisionsomething, you envisage it.
  1. In the future we envision a federation of companies...
     我们设想将来会成立一个公司联盟。
  2. Most people do stop at this point, not envisioning that there is anything beyond.
     大多数人确实都在这里停下，想象不到在这之外还会有些什么。

英英释义

verb

• imagine
  1. I can't see him on horseback!
  2. I can see what will happen
  3. I can see a risk in this strategy
  Synonym:visualizevisualiseprojectfancyseefigurepictureimage
• picture to oneself
  1. I cannot envision him as President
  Synonym:foresee

双语例句

• And it pained me the most to know that you can envision your life without me.
  最让我心痛的是你可以允许你的人生中没有我。
• I could envision more comprehensive reform proposals that would be able to broaden coverage and bring down costs.
  我还能想象出更多更全卖弄的改革方案，既能扩大覆盖面，又能降低系统成本。
• First, it could be used to enact the business process to envision how it would work.
  首先，它可以被用来制定业务过程想象它将如何工作。
• Envision the things you desire as being achievable and they will be.
  想象你想做的每件事都是可达到的，并最终会达到。
• These people could envision the final system from the outset of a project.
  这些人可以通过工程的外观而预见到最终的系统。
• It's difficult to envision pirates without flintlocks, so they were a must.
  很难想象一个没有燧石枪的海盗，因此它的存在成为了必须。
• I envision tooling where one designer can switch personality between different process languages.
  我可以预见到这样的一种工具，其中设计者可以在不同过程语言间切换身份。
• True innovation means using your imagination, exercising the capacity to envision new possibilities.
  真正的创新意味着运用你的想象力，发挥你的潜力，创造新的可能性。
• Consider how these women envision gender relations and the role of gender in their writings.
  思考这些女性作家如何预见两性关系和性在她们的作品中所扮演的角色。
• Or you can envision the idiot in a bubble.
  或者你也可以把傻瓜看成一个泡泡。