vt. 想象；预想

imagine envisage visualize picture envision All these words mean to form an idea in your mind of what sb/sth might be like. 以上各词均含想象、设想之义。 imagine to form an idea in your mind of what sb/sth might be like 指想象、设想： The house was just as she had imagined it. 这房子正是她所想象的。 envisage ( especially BrE ) to imagine what will happen in the future 指想象、设想、展望： I don't envisage working with him again. 我想象不出再与他一起工作的可能。 注释 The usual word for this in American English is envision (see below). 在美国英语中，这一意义常用envision（见下）。 visualize ( rather formal ) to form a picture of sb/sth in your mind 指在脑海中构图、想象、构思： Try to visualize him as an old man. 尽量设想他是一个老人。 picture to form a picture of sb/sth in your mind 指在脑海中构图、想象： We found it hard to picture him as the father of three kids. 我们很难想象他居然是三个孩子的父亲了。 用imagine、visualize还是picture？ Imagine is the most general of these words and is used for any idea that you form of how a person, place, thing or experience might look or feel. Visualize and picture are used particularly for imagining sth in a picture. They are very similar in meaning but visualize is slightly more formal and is often used for a deliberate attempt to imagine sth for a particular purpose. imagine在这组词中最通用，用以想象人、地、事物或经历等，visualize和picture尤用于想象或构思图景。两词含义非常相似，只是visualize稍正式些，并常指为特定目的有意识地想象或设想。 envision to imagine what a situation will be like in the future, especially a situation that you intend to work towards 指展望、想象： 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。 注释 Envision is used especially in business and political contexts. In North American English it is also used as another form of the word envisage . envision尤用于商业和政治语境，在北美英语中亦作envisage的变体： I don't envision working with him again. 我想象不出再与他一起工作的可能。 常用搭配 to imagine / envisage /