| 单词 | image |
| 释义 | image —image /ˈɪm.ɪdʒ/ noun (MENTAL PICTURE) C2 [C] a picture in your mind or an idea of how someone or something is: » I have an image in my mind of how I want the garden to be.» He doesn't fit (= he is different to) my image of how an actor should look.Thesaurus+: ↑Imagining and conceivingB2 [C or U] the way that something or someone is thought of by other people: » The aim is to improve the public image of the police.» The company has made strenuous attempts to improve its image in recent years.» He's terribly image-conscious (= tries to dress and behave in a way that other people will admire).Thesaurus+: ↑Conditions and characteristicsF0 [C] SPECIALIZED a mental picture or idea that forms in a reader's or listener's mind from the words that they read or hear: » The poem is full of images of birth and new life.Thesaurus+: ↑Ideas, concepts and theories• • • Extra Examples:» I can't get that dreadful image out of my mind.» Recently the president has sought to project a much tougher image.» For some people, the word 'England' may still conjure up images of pretty gardens and tea parties.» The city is trying to shrug off its industrial image and promote itself as a tourist centre.» Water, a symbol of life, recurs as an image throughout her poems.noun [C] (PICTURE) ► B2 any picture, especially one formed by a mirror or a lens: » television images of starving children» The image you see in the mirror.Thesaurus+: ↑Optics, microscopy and lasers , ↑Eyesight, glasses and lensesThesaurus+: ↑Pictures• • • Extra Examples:» Television confronts the viewer with a succession of glittering and seductive images.» Their pilots are guided by an infrared optical system that shows images clearly even at night.» You can use the device to scan the image and reproduce it on-screen in an electronic format.» One of the film's many unsettling images is of a child playing with her father's gun.» Can you improve the sharpness of the image at all? |
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