visualize
verb(British English also visualise)
to form a picture of somebody/something in your mind 使形象化；想象；构思；设想 - visualize somebody/something/yourself (as something)
Try to visualize him as an old man. 尽量设想他是一位老人。 - visualize what, how, etc…
I can't visualize what this room looked like before it was decorated. 我想象不出这个房间在装修之前是什么样子。 - visualize somebody/something/yourself doing something
It can help to visualize yourself making your speech clearly and confidently. 设想自己口齿清晰和充满信心地演讲是很有助益的。 - visualize doing something
She couldn't visualize climbing the mountain. 她想象不出如何攀登这座大山。
Extra ExamplesI visualized him as a typical businessman. 我把他想象成一个典型的商人。 It is difficult to visualize how the town must have looked years ago. 很难想象这座小镇在多年以前是什么样子。 I asked him to visualize floating in a clear blue pool. 我让他想象漂浮在一个清澈的蓝色池塘里。 I can't visualize what the house might have been like 300 years ago. 我想象不出300年前这座房子会是什么样子。 Try to visualize yourself walking into the interview calmly and confidently. 尽量设想自己从容自信地进入面试现场。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- easily
- be able to
- be unable to
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- visualize somebody/something/yourself (as something)
- visualize something (specialist)
to make something able to be seen by the eye 使可视化；使看得见 Ultrasound is a technique that uses sound waves to visualize internal structures. 超声波扫描检查是利用声波透视人体内部结构的技术。