envisage
/ɪnˈvɪzɪdʒ/verb
with obj.
1- contemplate or conceive of as a possibility or a desirable future event设想：
the Rome Treaty envisaged free movement across frontiers.
罗马条约设想了跨越国界的自由流动。
1.1
- form a mental picture of (something not yet existing or known)想像（尚不存在或不知道的东西）：
he knew what he liked but had difficulty envisaging it.
他知道自己喜欢什么, 但又想像不出。
词源
early 19th cent.: from French envisager, from en- 'in' + visage 'face'.