| 单词 | envisage |
| 释义 | envisage (once / 6797 pages) v Martin Luther King Jr. envisaged a time when black and white Americans would no longer be segregated by race. To envisage is to imagine something that does not yet exist. The words envisage and envision share the same Latin root meaning to see. Both words are very similar in meaning but do have slight shades of difference. If you envision something happening, you can see it happening in your mind. I'm sure you can envision yourself graduating from high school! If you envisage something, you can imagine it, but not necessarily see it. You can envisage world peace, but it may be harder to envision it. WORD FAMILYenvisage: envisaged, envisages, envisaging+/visage: envisage, visages USAGE EXAMPLESThe patent also envisages a series of support vehicles that would be used to restock the flying structures. BBC(Dec 29, 2016) The plan envisaged a ceasefire followed by a national unity government and constitutional reform aimed at constraining presidential powers. The Guardian(Dec 12, 2016) He envisaged a group of landmark buildings by the world’s most prominent architects. The New Yorker(Dec 11, 2016) v form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case Syn|Hypo|Hyper conceive of, ideate, imagine envision, fancy, figure, image, picture, project, see, visualise, visualize imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind visualise, visualizeform a mental picture of something that is invisible or abstract envision, foreseepicture to oneself; imagine possible fantasise, fantasizeportray in the mind prefigureimagine or consider beforehand thinkimagine or visualize fantasise, fantasize, fantasyindulge in fantasies daydream, dream, stargaze, woolgatherhave a daydream; indulge in a fantasy create by mental act, create mentally create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands |
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