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单词 envisage
释义 en·vis·age
\ə̇nˈvizij, en-, -zēj, chiefly in pres part -zəj\ transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: French envisager, from en- en- (I) + visage — more at visage
1. archaic : to meet squarely : confront, face
2.
 a. : to conceive of : grasp mentally : view or regard in a particular way
  < envisaging man as simply the locus of a polytheism — Aldous Huxley >
  < of all the points of view from which we may envisage their brilliant activity — G.L.Dickinson >
  < in the beginning a science is quantitative …; only later does it envisage its problems mathematically — Edward Sapir >
 b. : to have a mental picture of in advance of realization : look forward to : have in view : contemplate, foresee
  < the plan envisaged lavish use of mechanical equipment of all kinds — M.A.Abrams >
  < envisaged a single, centralized state embracing all the former colonies >
  < men of the … mental stature to envisage and carry out so great a work — Yvonne Adamson >
  < I envisage that in the event of a German collapse the need … to undertake this work will be all the more apparent — F.D.Roosevelt >
Synonyms: see think
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