envision

英 [ɪnˈvɪʒn]

美 [ɪnˈvɪʒn]

v.  展望; 想象

过去分词：envisioned　过去式：envisioned　第三人称单数：envisions　现在分词：envisioning　

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Collins.1 / BNC.33804 / COCA.4483

牛津词典

verb

• 展望；想象
  to imagine what a situation will be like in the future, especially a situation you intend to work towards
  1. They didn't envision any problems with the new building.
     他们没想到这栋新楼会有什么问题。
• 展望；想象
  to imagine what a situation will be like in the future, especially a situation you intend to work towards
  1. They didn't envision any problems with the new building.
     他们没想到这栋新楼会有什么问题。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 设想;想象;预想
  If youenvisionsomething, you envisage it.
  1. In the future we envision a federation of companies...
     我们设想将来会成立一个公司联盟。
  2. Most people do stop at this point, not envisioning that there is anything beyond.
     大多数人确实都在这里停下，想象不到在这之外还会有些什么。

英英释义

verb

• imagine
  1. I can't see him on horseback!
  2. I can see what will happen
  3. I can see a risk in this strategy
  Synonym:visualizevisualiseprojectfancyseefigurepictureimage
• picture to oneself
  1. I cannot envision him as President
  Synonym:foresee

双语例句

• The new model's proponents envision today's drivers and pedestrians blending into a colorful and peaceful traffic stream.
  这种新模式的支持者设想着今天的驾驶者和行人都融进这种新式的多彩和谐的交通当中去。
• First, it could be used to enact the business process to envision how it would work.
  首先，它可以被用来制定业务过程想象它将如何工作。
• And it pained me the most to know that you can envision your life without me.
  最让我心痛的是你可以允许你的人生中没有我。
• This is what I envision what a Chinese house in Beijing could be.
  这是我想象中可以在北京出现的中式房屋。
• But in our last moments together, tell me how you envision all your work.
  但在我们讲堂接近尾声的时刻，告诉我您对您所有工作的设想吧。
• Go your own road, do what you love and live the life you envision.
  走自己的路，做你爱做的事情，过你想过的生活！
• Thank you, Bill. I got it. I will envision it repeatedly.
  谢谢你，比尔，我明白了。我会再三的思索的。
• I envision tooling where one designer can switch personality between different process languages.
  我可以预见到这样的一种工具，其中设计者可以在不同过程语言间切换身份。
• True innovation means using your imagination, exercising the capacity to envision new possibilities.
  真正的创新意味着运用你的想象力，发挥你的潜力，创造新的可能性。
• We envision that not all tools will support both modeling and execution of business processes.
  我们设想的是并非所有工具都同时支持业务流程建模和执行。