英语词汇“project”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a specific plan or design; a scheme

a planned undertaking, e.g.:

a piece of research with a definite plan

a large or complex piece of work, esp one involving joint effort

a task or problem engaged in usu by a group of pupils, esp to supplement and apply classroom studies

NAmer

a group of houses for rent, usu with government subsidies

(the projects) cheap, often run-down, rented housing; a poor or dilapidated neighbourhood, esp one where this type of accommodation is prevalent

[Latin projectum, literally ‘something cast’, neuter of projectus: see project²]

to devise (something) in the mind

to plan, calculate, or estimate (something future) on the basis of known data or present trends

to present (something) or transport (somebody) in imagination

to throw (something or somebody) forward or upward, esp by mechanical means

to cause (light or an image) to fall on a surface

to protrude or cause (something) to protrude

to cause (one's voice) to be heard at a distance

to communicate (something) vividly, esp to an audience

to present or express (oneself) in a manner that wins approval

to reproduce (e.g. a point, line, or area) on a surface by motion in a prescribed direction

to attribute (something in one's own mind) to a person, group, or object

A nation is an entity on which one can project many of the worst of one's instincts — Times Literary Supplement

verb intrans

to jut out; to protrude

to attribute something in one's own mind to a person, group, or object

[Latin projectus, past part. of proicere to throw forward, from pro-² + jacere to throw]