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be a visionary
visionary 作名词可指“有远见的人”，也可指“空想家”，需根据语境判断。
He is a visionary.
他是一位有远见的人。
有远见的人；远见卓识者
visionaries — plural of visionary
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有远见的人；远见卓识者
a person with unusual powers of foresight; someone who has creative and positive ideas about the future
He is a visionary.
他是一位有远见的人。
有预见的人；先知。
Someone who has visions; a seer.
沉迷于幻想和热情的人,不太考虑实际可能性
a person given to fanciful speculations and enthusiasms with little regard for what is actually possible
不切实际的梦想家。
An impractical dreamer.
具有非凡预见能力的人
a person with unusual powers of foresight
She is a visionary who turned her small startup into a global company.
她是一位有远见的人，把自己的小初创公司变成了全球性企业。
Many dismissed him as a visionary, but his ideas later changed the industry.
许多人曾把他当作空想家而不予理会，但他的想法后来改变了整个行业。
The architect was a true visionary, designing buildings decades ahead of their time.
这位建筑师是真正的远见卓识者，设计的建筑比时代领先几十年。
visionary 作名词可指“有远见的人”，也可指“空想家”，需根据语境判断。
He is a visionary.
他是一位有远见的人。
regard...as 中的 as 不可省略。
Many people regard her as a visionary.
许多人把她视为有远见的人。
A visionary who plans carefully can turn ideas into reality.
一位精心规划的远见者能把想法变成现实。
Not this
Our team needs visionary.
Use this
Our team needs a visionary.
visionary 作名词时是可数名词，表示“有远见的人”，作 need 的宾语时不能光杆使用，前面要加冠词 a。这里不是形容词，不能省略冠词。
Not this
The firm has three visionarys.
Use this
The firm has three visionaries.
visionary 以辅音字母加 y 结尾，复数形式要变 y 为 i 再加 es，即 visionaries，不能直接加 s。
Not this
She has a visionary for the future.
Use this
She has a vision for the future.
visionary 指“有远见的人”，不指“远见、愿景”这一抽象概念；表示“对未来的构想”应用 vision，不要用指人的名词来表达抽象事物。
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真正的远见卓识者
Steve Jobs was a true visionary who transformed the music industry.
史蒂夫·乔布斯是一位真正有远见的人，他改变了音乐产业。
技术领域的远见者
Elon Musk is often described as a technological visionary.
埃隆·马斯克常被视为技术领域的远见者。
有政治远见的人
Nelson Mandela is widely regarded as a political visionary.
纳尔逊·曼德拉被广泛认为是一位有政治远见的人。
自称有远见的人
The self-proclaimed visionary promised to solve world hunger with an app.
这位自称有远见的人承诺用一款应用程序解决世界饥饿问题。
富有创造力的远见者
Disney was a creative visionary who built an empire from a single cartoon character.
迪士尼是一位富有创造力的远见者，他靠一个卡通角色建立了一个帝国。
我们这个时代有远见的人
The documentary profiles visionaries of our time, from climate researchers to digital artists.
这部纪录片介绍了我们这个时代有远见的人，从气候研究人员到数字艺术家。
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vision（远见/幻象）+ ary（人），眼里有 vision 的人就是 visionary：有远见者或空想家。
语域：formal 常见场景：business、politics、technology、history 作名词表示‘有远见的人’时，多用于正式或书面语境，常见于商业、政治、科技等领域的报道或人物评论中。通常带有褒义，形容某人能预见未来并推动创新。
These all end in '-ary'. Notice that 'boundary' is a lookalike: it is pronounced /ˈbaʊndəri/, with the final syllable /dəri/, so it does not rhyme with 'visionary'. The other five rhyme: their final stressed syllable contains /ˌɛri/ (as in 'necessary' /ˌsɛri/ and 'secretary' /ˌtɛri/), matching 'visionary' /ˌnɛri/.
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