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picturing

UK //ˈpɪk.tʃər.ɪŋ//US //ˈpɪk.tʃɚ.ɪŋ//

词源

源自中古英语 'picturen',来自拉丁语 'pictura'(绘画),与 'pingere'(绘画)相关。

verb

❶ 在脑海中形成或想象某个画面或场景,通常指通过视觉化的方式思考或回忆某事物。

“I kept picturing her smile when she heard the good news.”

(我一直在想象她听到好消息时的笑容。)

“He had trouble picturing himself living in a big city.”

(他很难想象自己生活在大城市的样子。)

❶ 用图片或照片来表现或记录某事物,使其可视化。

“The artist is picturing the landscape with watercolors.”

(艺术家正在用水彩画描绘这片风景。)

“The documentary does an excellent job of picturing life in the 1920s.”

(这部纪录片出色地展现了20世纪20年代的生活画面。)

同义词:imagining, visualizing, envisioning, depicting, portraying

常见短语

picturing someone/something — 指在脑海中形成某人或某物的形象,常用于描述回忆或想象的情景。

“I can't stop picturing us on that vacation in Hawaii last summer.”

(我忍不住一直想象去年夏天我们在夏威夷度假的情景。)

hard to picture — 表示难以想象或理解某事物,通常用于表达对某种情况的不确定性或困惑。

“It's hard to picture him as a strict teacher when he's always so friendly.”

(当他总是这么友好时,很难想象他是个严厉的老师。)