Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.

                                                                                                  ——Schopenhauer

人人都把自己视野的极限当做世界的极限。

                                  ——叔本华

 

一、你知道vision有几种含义吗?

 

n.

1.视力,视觉

 

By electrically stimulating the area, doctors hoped that could restore some of jerry's vision.

医生希望用电刺激视皮层区,使杰里恢复部分视力。

 

2.看见,看见的事物

 

The vision of the table loaded with food make our mouth water.

看见桌上堆满了食物使我们垂涎欲滴。

 

3.幻觉,幻象,【宗】幽灵

 

Once again he summoned the vision.

他又呼召那幻象。

 

4.幻想

 

Then, I was rapt in the vision.

那时我沉浸在如醉如痴的幻想中。

 

5.目光,看法,眼力

 

But now her horizon was enlarged by the vision of a prodigal philanthropy.

现在她却能用慷慨大度的慈善家的目光来眺望自己广阔的前程。

 

v.

1.梦见,想象 [T]

 

He tried to vision himself in a past century.

他假想自己身处百年之前。

 

2.显示 [T]

 

二、词义辨析:和vision一样表示“视力”的近义词有哪些?

 

vision, eyesight, sight, perception

这些名词均含“视力、视觉”之意。

vision书面用词,含义广泛,指人的视力或视野,也可指远见卓识。

eyesight普通用词,指眼睛的正常功能。

sight普通用词,与eyesight同义,可换用,指由实实在在的事物引起的视觉。

perception指视觉,也可泛指其它器官的功能,或引申指敏锐的理解力。

 

三、下面我们来学习一下含有vision的常见短语

 

field of vision

n.视野,视界

 

tunnel vision

n.[医](眼科)管状视,视野狭隘

 

chromatic vision

色视症

 

line of vision

视向

 

near vision

近距视觉,近视力

 

四、学了这么多和vision有关的词,你掌握了吗?来测验一下~

 

Turning that ______ into a practical reality is not easy.

把那种设想转化为实实在在的现实并非易事。