en·vi·sion
verb/ɪnˈvɪʒn/
/ɪnˈvɪʒn/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they envision | /ɪnˈvɪʒn/ /ɪnˈvɪʒn/ |
| he / she / it envisions | /ɪnˈvɪʒnz/ /ɪnˈvɪʒnz/ |
| past simple envisioned | /ɪnˈvɪʒnd/ /ɪnˈvɪʒnd/ |
| past participle envisioned | /ɪnˈvɪʒnd/ /ɪnˈvɪʒnd/ |
| -ing form envisioning | /ɪnˈvɪʒnɪŋ/ /ɪnˈvɪʒnɪŋ/ |
- envision something (formal) to imagine what a situation will be like in the future, especially a situation you intend to work towards
展望；想象 - They envision an equal society, free of poverty and disease.
他们向往一个没有贫穷和疾病的平等社会。 - If you can envision your goals, you can achieve those goals.
如果您能够设想自己的目标，您就可以实现这些目标。
Synonyms imagineimaginethink ▪ see ▪ envisage ▪ envisionThese words all mean to form an idea in your mind of what somebody/something might be like.imagine to form an idea in your mind of what somebody/something might be like:- The house was just as she had imagined it.
这房子正如她所想象的。
- We couldn’t think where you’d gone.
我们猜想不出来你到哪里去了。 - Just think—this time tomorrow we’ll be lying on a beach.
想想看，明天这个时候我们就躺在海滩上了。
- I can’t see her changing her mind.
我无法想象她会改变主意。 - His colleagues see him as a future director.
他的同事认为他很可能是未来的负责人。
- I don’t envisage working with him again.
我想象不出有再和他共事的可能。
- They envision an equal society, free from poverty and disease.
他们向往一个没有贫穷和疾病的平等社会。
- to imagine/see/envisage/envision somebody/something as something
- to imagine/see/envisage/envision (somebody) doing something
- to imagine/think/see/envisage/envision who/what/how…
- to imagine/think/envisage/envision that…
- They envision an equal society, free of poverty and disease.
- (especially North American English) (British English usually envisage)to imagine what will happen in the future
想象；设想；展望 - envision something 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。 - envision (somebody) doing something I can easily envision them working together.
我能够很容易地想象出他们一起工作的样子。 - it is envisioned that… It is envisioned that next year the campaign will be rolled out across the country.
预计明年该活动将在全国范围内推广。 - envision that… He envisions that genetic engineering will transform crop yields.
他设想基因工程将改变农作物产量。 - envision how, where, etc… It's difficult to envision how they might react.
很难想象他们会如何反应。
Extra Examples- The work took longer than initially envisioned.
这项工作需要的时间比最初设想的要长。 - What level of profit do you envision?
你预计会有什么样的利润水平？ - He envisioned himself dying in a pool of his own blood.
他想象自己奄奄一息地躺在血泊里。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- initially
- originally
- easily
- …
- can
- be difficult to
- be hard to
- …
- envision yourself doing something
- envision something They didn't envision any problems with the new building.