picture
noun
verb
ˈpɪktʃə noun
1
PAINTING/DRAWING
绘画
shapes, lines etc painted or drawn on a surface, showing what someone or something looks like 画，图画 C
The room had several pictures on the walls.
那个房间墙上有几幅画。
a book with pictures in it
带插图的书
[+ of ]
I like that picture of the two horses.
我喜欢那张有那两匹马的画。
draw/paint a/sb’s picture
Draw a picture of your house.
画一张你家的画吧。
He asked her permission to paint her picture (=paint a picture of her) .
他请求她允许为她画像。
2
PHOTOGRAPH
照片
a photograph 照片 C
[+ of ]
That’s a great picture of you. Dad!
你那张照片拍得真好，爸爸！
take sb’s picture/take a picture of sb
I asked the waiter if he’d mind taking our picture.
我问那个侍者是否能为我们拍张照。
wedding/holiday etc pictures
Would you like to see the wedding pictures?
你要不要看看结婚照？
3
TELEVISION
电视
an image that appears on a television or cinema screen 〔电视或电影的〕图像，画面 C
[+ of ]
upsetting pictures of the famine in Africa
令人伤感的非洲饥荒的画面
satellite pictures from space
从太空拍摄的卫星画面
4
DESCRIPTION/IDEA
描述/想法
a description or idea of what something is like 描述，描绘，描写 C usually singular 一般用单数
[+ of ]
Once the research is complete, we’ll have a clearer picture of the outcome.
研究一结束，我们就会对结果有更清晰的了解。
an overall picture of the country’s health needs
对该国保健需求的综述
What sort of picture is starting to emerge ?
将会出现什么样的情景？
paint a bleak/happy/rosy etc picture (describe something in a particular way) 描绘了一幅暗淡/幸福/美好等的画面
The film paints a bleak picture of life in the inner city.
这部电影描绘了市中心区惨淡的生活场景。
The article gives a vivid picture of the way artists at the studio collaborated.
那篇文章生动地描述了艺人们是如何在录音室内合作的。
Detectives are trying to build up a picture of the kidnapper.
探员们正努力勾勒绑匪的模样。
5
SITUATION
情况
the general situation in a place, organization etc 〔某地方、组织等的〕情况，局面 singular 单数
The worldwide picture for tribal people remains grim.
全球部落人的情况都不容乐观。
the wider political picture
更广泛的政治局面
Checks throughout the region revealed a similar picture everywhere.
全区范围的检查显示各地情况都差不多。
big/bigger/wider picture
We were so caught up with the details, we lost sight of the big picture (=the situation considered as a whole) .
我们过分专注于细节，以致忽视了全局。
6
MENTAL IMAGE
头脑中的形象
an image or memory that you have in your mind 〔脑中的〕形象，印象 C usually singular 一般用单数
Sarah had a mental picture of Lisbon.
萨拉对里斯本有印象。
He had a vivid picture in his mind.
他脑中有清晰的印象。
7
put/keep sb in the picture
to give someone all the information they need to understand a situation, especially one that is changing quickly 使某人明白 （了解 ）实情〔尤指迅速变化的情形〕
I’m just going now, but Keith will put you in the picture.
我现在要走了，不过基思会给你解释的。
8
get the picture
to understand a situation [非正式] 了解情况 informal
You’ve said enough. I get the picture.
你说得够多了，我明白了。
9
out of the picture
if someone is out of the picture, they are no longer involved in a situation 退出的; 不再知情的
Injury has effectively put Woods out of the picture as far as international matches are concerned.
就国际比赛而言，伤势实际上已经迫使伍兹退出了。
10
FILM
电影，影片
a. a film b. the cinema [英] 电影院 C plural 复数 | BrE
It was voted the year’s best picture.
它被选为本年度最佳影片。
Would you like to go to the pictures?
你想去看电影吗？
11
be the picture of health/innocence/despair etc
11. to look very healthy etc 显得非常健康/天真/绝望等
Head bowed and sobbing, she was the picture of misery.
她低头啜泣，显得非常痛苦。
verb
12 to imagine something by making an image in your mind 想象，设想
Tom, picturing the scene, smiled.
想象着那一幕，汤姆笑了。
picture sb/sth as sth
Rob had pictured her as serious, but she wasn’t like that.
罗布原本想象她是个严肃的人，不过她不是那样的。
picture sb doing sth
I can’t picture him skiing. He’s so clumsy!
我想象不出他滑雪的样子，他那么笨手笨脚的！
picture what/how
Picture what it would be like after a nuclear attack.
设想一下，要是发生一场核攻击，会是什么样的结局。
13 to show someone or something in a photograph, painting, or drawing 拍摄; 画，绘 usually passive 一般用被动态
She is pictured with her mum Christine and sister Kelly.
照片里她和妈妈克里斯蒂娜还有妹妹凯莉在一起。
14 to describe something in a particular way 描绘，描述 usually passive 一般用被动态
be pictured as sth
She’s been pictured as a difficult, demanding woman.
她被描绘成一个难以相处的苛刻女人。