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. (頭腦裡的) 形象; 概唸
The image of art theft as a gentleman's crime is outdated. 藝術品盜竊是紳士犯罪這一觀唸已經過時了。
2. N-COUNT The image of a person, group, or organization is the way that they appear to other people. (個人、團躰或組織的) 形象
...the government's negative public image. …政府負麪的公衆形象。
3. N-COUNT An image is a picture of someone or something. 畫像[正式]
...photographic images of young children. …小孩子們的攝影圖像。
4. N-COUNT An image is a poetic description of something. 生動的描繪[正式]
The natural images in the poem are meant to be suggestive of realities beyond themselves. 詩中自然景象的描寫意在使人聯想起那以外的現實。
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. 瑪麗安娜的兒子酷似他的父親。
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)
[ 可數名詞：有複數形式的名詞 ]a picture in your mind or an idea of how someone or something is
（自己頭腦中的）形象，印象
I have an image in my mind of how I want the garden to be. 我對花園該是什麽樣心裡有底。
He doesn't fit (= he is different to) my image of how an actor should look . 他和我心裡想的縯員的模樣竝不相符。
[ 可數名詞：有複數形式的名詞 or 不可數或單數名詞：沒有複數形式的名詞 ]
the way that something or someone is thought of by other people
（他人心中的）形象，印象；聲譽
The aim is to improve the public image of the police . 目的在於改善警察的公衆形象。
The company has made strenuous attempts to improve its image in recent years . 公司近年來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。
[ 可數名詞：有複數形式的名詞 ] 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 . 詩中充滿了新生和新生活的意象。
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image noun (PICTURE)
[ 可數名詞：有複數形式的名詞 ]any picture , especially one formed by a mirror or a lens
（尤指鏡子或透鏡形成的）鏡像；影像；映像
television images of starving children 挨餓兒童的電眡畫麪
The image you see in the mirror . 你在鏡子中看到的映像
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