envisage
英 [ɪn'vɪzɪdʒ] 美 [ɪn'vɪzɪdʒ]
vt.面对；想像
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◉Etymology
“Envisage” 这个单词源自法语中的 “envisager”，意为"考虑，设想"，进而从拉丁语中的 “visus” 表示"视力"派生而来。该词首次出现在17世纪，用于表示根据面前所见或所考虑的情况来想象或设想未来的事物。通过不断的使用，“envisage” 这个词逐渐扩展其意义，现在也可以表示系统地考虑或规划未来的事物。
◉外刊例句
① The architect envisaged a futuristic skyline for the city, with skyscrapers and green spaces blending harmoniously.
建筑师设想了城市未来的天际线，高楼大厦和绿地和谐地融合在一起。
——The New York Times - 2023年5月
② The director envisaged a different ending for the movie, but had to compromise with the producers to meet audience expectations.
导演设想了电影的不同结局，但不得不与制片人妥协，以满足观众的期望。
——The Guardian - 2023年8月
③ Scientists are envisaging a world where renewable energy sources meet all the global electricity needs.
科学家们正在设想一个可再生能源满足全球所有电力需求的世界。
——BBC News - 2023年11月
◉Usage Examples
(1) Nobody can envisage the consequences of total nuclear war.
(2) I don't envisage working with him again.
(3) Nobody can envisage the consequences of total nuclear war.
(1) 没有人能想像出全面核子战争的后果。
(2) 我想像不出再与他一起工作的可能。
(3) 没有人能想像出全面核子战争的后果。
◉Usage note
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.
◉Colins
1. [VERB 动词]设想；想象；预想 If you envisage something, you imagine that it is true, real, or likely to happen. [V n] [V -ing] [V n -ing] [Also V that]
① He envisages the possibility of establishing direct diplomatic relations in the future...
他设想在未来可以建立直接的外交关系。
② He had never envisaged spending the whole of his working life in that particular job...
他从没有想象过自己整个职业生涯都要从事那个工作。
③ Personally, I envisage them staying together.
就我看来，我估计他们会呆在一起。
