picture sb doing sth
表示想象某人正在做某事，常用进行时或动名词形式。
I kept picturing her walking through the door.
我不断想象她走进门的样子。
想象；构想
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想象；构想
form a mental image of; imagine
一般现在时
I often picture myself living by the sea.
我经常想象自己住在海边。
现在进行时
She is picturing the scene in her mind.
她正在脑海里想象那个场景。
一般过去时
He pictured the house from the description.
他根据描述在脑海中想象出那栋房子。
picture 作动词表示在脑海中形成画面（想象）或描绘、描述；picturing 是它的现在分词。
I keep picturing the little cafe on the corner of the square.
我一直在想象广场拐角的那家小咖啡馆。
用法提示：picturing 是动词 picture 的现在分词，表示在脑海中想象某事物的画面。
She closed her eyes, picturing herself walking across the stage to receive the diploma.
她闭上眼睛，想象自己走上舞台领取文凭的样子。
用法提示：picturing 引导伴随动作，表示在脑海中描绘想象中的场景。
Try picturing a warm sunny beach when you feel stressed.
当你感到有压力时，试着想象一片温暖阳光的海滩。
用法提示：picturing 在这里作动词宾语，表示主动去想象某个画面。
表示想象某人正在做某事，常用进行时或动名词形式。
I kept picturing her walking through the door.
我不断想象她走进门的样子。
as 后接名词或形容词，表示把某人或某物想象成……
He was picturing himself as a successful writer.
他把自己想象成一名成功的作家。
用于描绘义，常用被动语态表示某人或某物出现在照片或图片中。
The young singer was pictured on the magazine cover.
这位年轻歌手被刊登在杂志封面上。
grammar · medium
易错句子Whenever I hear this song, I picture about my hometown.
正确表达Whenever I hear this song, I picture my hometown.
picture 表示“想象、在脑海中浮现”时是及物动词，后面直接接宾语，不需要介词 about；不能把汉语“想象关于……”的介词结构直译过来。
grammar · medium
易错句子I can't picture him to be a teacher.
正确表达I can't picture him being a teacher.
picture 表示“想象某人做某事”时用 picture sb doing sth，即宾语后接动名词，不能用不定式 to be；这与 imagine sb doing 的结构一致。
grammar · medium
易错句子She is pictureing the scene in her mind.
正确表达She is picturing the scene in her mind.
picture 变现在分词时，要先去掉词尾不发音的 e 再加 -ing，所以正确形式是 picturing，而不是 pictureing。
“imagine”泛指在头脑中形成想法或情景，范围更广；“picture”更强调清晰、具体的画面，常带视觉细节。想说“设想办法或可能性”时多用 imagine；想说“脑中浮现某个场景”时多用 picture。
“envision”较正式，多用于设想未来的计划、目标或可能性；“picture”更日常，强调脑中浮现具体画面，不限于未来。正式谈规划时常用 envision，日常说“想象某场景”则用 picture 更自然。
“visualize”（英式拼写 visualise）强调把抽象信息或目标转成可见的心理图像，常见于数据、结果、训练等语境；“picture”更口语，常指脑中浮现具体场景或人物。两者都可接 -ing，但 visualize 更偏“图像化”技巧。
pict + -ure
de- + pict
de- + pict + -ion
picture + -esque
pict + -orial
picto- + -graph
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