picture someone doing something
collocation想象某人做某事
Can you picture him living in a small village?
你能想象他住在一个小村庄里的情景吗？
想象；设想
pictured — past of picture
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想象；设想
To imagine or form a mental image of something.
Can you picture yourself living in a small village by the sea?
你能想象自己住在海边小村庄的情景吗？
用图画表现；描绘。
To represent in or with a picture.
想象或设想
To imagine or envision.
生动地描绘或描述
To depict or describe vividly.
picture
Base
原形
pictures
3rd person
第三人称单数
picturing
-ing
现在分词
pictured
Past
过去式
pictured
Past participle
过去分词
I picture a peaceful scene.
我在脑海中想象一个和平的场景。
She is picturing her future.
她正在想象她的未来。
They pictured themselves on a beach.
他们想象自己在海滩上。
规则动词
She pictured her dream wedding while looking at the magazine.
她看着杂志时，想象着自己梦想中的婚礼。
He is picturing the finished painting in his mind before starting.
他开始之前正在脑海中想象完成后的画作。
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想象某人做某事
Can you picture him living in a small village?
你能想象他住在一个小村庄里的情景吗？
把某人想象成某类人
It's hard to picture her as a teacher.
很难把她想象成老师。
在脑海中想象某物
Close your eyes and picture the beach in your mind.
闭上眼睛，在脑海中想象那片海滩。
想象那个场面
Picture the scene: the street was full of dancers.
想象一下那个场面：街上挤满了跳舞的人。
清晰地想象
She can still vividly picture her first trip to Beijing.
她仍能清晰地想象出第一次去北京时的情景。
设想一下这个情景
Picture this: you are walking into a room full of strangers.
设想一下这个情景：你正走进一个满是陌生人的房间。
全局，大局
Let's not get bogged down in details; think about the big picture.
我们不要纠缠于细节，要考虑大局。
明白，理解
He explained the rules, and I quickly got the picture.
他解释了规则，我很快就明白了。
描绘，生动展现
The report paints a gloomy picture of the economy.
这份报告描绘了经济低迷的景象。
想象自己坐在河上的小船里，周围是柑橘树和橘子酱色的天空。（出自披头士乐队歌曲《Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds》）
Just picture yourself lying on a tropical beach and you'll feel calm.
想象自己躺在热带海滩上，你就会感到平静。
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Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把 picture 想成‘画’，动词就是把画面放进脑海（想象）或用语言画出来（描绘）。
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常对话、一般写作 作“想象”解时，通常用于日常对话和一般书面语，口语中较常见；若需更正式的表达，可考虑用 imagine 或 envisage。实际采用哪种语气需根据上下文判断。
Stricture rhymes with picture: both end in /ɪktʃə/ under the stress. Lecture, culture, capture, fixture, and nature share the -ture spelling but have different stressed vowels (or an extra consonant), so they are lookalikes, not rhymes.
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