envisage
envisage
[ɪnˈvɪzɪdʒ, ɛn-]
verb
[ɪnˈvɪzɪdʒ, ɛn-]
verb
- [with obj.]contemplate or conceive of as a possibility or a desirable future event
设想，展望
the Rome Treaty envisaged free movement across frontiers.
罗马协约设想了跨越国界的自由流动。
■form a mental picture of (something not yet existing or known)
想像（尚未存在或不知道的东西）
he knew what he liked but had difficulty envisaging it.
他知道自己喜欢什么，但却又难以想像出。
- early 19th cent.: from French envisager, from en- 'in' + visage 'face'
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