image
柯林斯词典
1. N-COUNT If you have an image of something or someone, you have a picture or idea of them in your mind. (头脑里的) 形象; 概念
The image of art theft as a gentleman's crime is outdated. 艺术品盗窃是绅士犯罪这一观念已经过时了。
2. N-COUNT The image of a person, group, or organization is the way that they appear to other people. (个人、团体或组织的) 形象
...the government's negative public image. …政府负面的公众形象。
3. N-COUNT An image is a picture of someone or something. 画像[正式]
...photographic images of young children. …小孩子们的摄影图像。
4. N-COUNT An image is a poetic description of something. 生动的描绘[正式]
The natural images in the poem are meant to be suggestive of realities beyond themselves. 诗中自然景象的描写意在使人联想起那以外的现实。
5. PHRASE If you are the image of someone else, you look very much like them. 酷似某人
Marianne's son was the image of his father. 玛丽安娜的儿子酷似他的父亲。
6. spitting image→see spit
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image /ˈɪmɪdʒ/ (images)
剑桥词典
- I can't get that dreadful image out of my mind .
- Recently the president has sought to project a much tougher image.
- For some people , the word 'England ' may still conjure up images of pretty gardens and tea parties .
- The city is trying to shrug off its industrial image and promote itself as a tourist centre .
- Water, a symbol of life , recurs as an image throughout her poems .
- Television confronts the viewer with a succession of glittering and seductive images.
- Their pilots are guided by an infrared optical system that shows images clearly even at night .
- You can use the device to scan the image and reproduce it on-screen in an electronic format .
- One of the film's many unsettling images is of a child playing with her father's gun .
- Can you improve the sharpness of the image at all?
image noun (MENTAL PICTURE)
[ 可数名词：有复数形式的名词 ]a picture in your mind or an idea of how someone or something is
（自己头脑中的）形象，印象
I have an image in my mind of how I want the garden to be. 我对花园该是什么样心里有底。
He doesn't fit (= he is different to) my image of how an actor should look . 他和我心里想的演员的模样并不相符。
[ 可数名词：有复数形式的名词 or 不可数或单数名词：没有复数形式的名词 ]
the way that something or someone is thought of by other people
（他人心中的）形象，印象；声誉
The aim is to improve the public image of the police . 目的在于改善警察的公众形象。
The company has made strenuous attempts to improve its image in recent years . 公司近年来作出了巨大的努力以改善自身形象。
He's terribly image-conscious (= tries to dress and behave in a way that other people will admire ). 他非常在意自己的形象。
[ 可数名词：有复数形式的名词 ] literature specialized
a mental picture or idea that forms in a reader's or listener's mind from the words that they read or hear
比喻，意象
The poem is full of images of birth and new life . 诗中充满了新生和新生活的意象。
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image noun (PICTURE)
[ 可数名词：有复数形式的名词 ]any picture , especially one formed by a mirror or a lens
（尤指镜子或透镜形成的）镜像；影像；映像
television images of starving children 挨饿儿童的电视画面
The image you see in the mirror . 你在镜子中看到的映像
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