envisage    v.想象,设想

【真题再现】He envisaged a time when soldiers who are wounded fighting overseas are put in mobile surgical units equipped with computers.

他能想象着将来有一天在海外作战受伤的士兵们能够被安置在配备电脑的易于转移的外科病房里。

                                                                                           【CET-6,2003.12,阅读】

【联想记单词】词根词缀:en(=make)+vis(=see in mind)+-age(v.)→envisage  想象,设想

【活学活用】-What are you doing?

-I am envisaging our bright future...

-你在干什么?

-我在想象我们光明的未来。。。

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extravagant    a.过分的,过度的;卖弄的,炫耀的

【真题再现】But the promise is so extravagant that it predestines many disappointments and sometimes inspires choices that have anti-social consequences,including family breakdown and obesity(肥胖症)。

但是这个承诺太不现实了,这就注定会带来许多失望情绪,有时会使人们做出一些给社会带来不良影响的选择,包括家庭破裂和肥胖症。

                                                                                           【CET,2007.06,阅读】

【联想记单词】词根词缀:extra(超出)+vag(漫游)+-ant(...的)→离开正道的,游离不定的→过度的;卖弄的

【活学活用】That's too extravagant!

这太夸张了!

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