vision

英 ['v??(?)n] 美['v???n]

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復(fù)數(shù):?visions;

vision 視野

來自visible,可見的，引申詞義視野。

vision (n.): c. 1300, "something seen in the imagination or in the supernatural," from Anglo-French visioun, Old French vision "presence, sight; view, look, appearance; dream, supernatural sight" (12c.), from Latin visionem (nominative visio) "act of seeing, sight, thing seen," noun of action from past participle stem of videre "to see."

This is from the productive PIE root *weid- "to know, to see" (cognates: Sanskrit veda "I know;" Avestan vaeda "I know;" Greek oida, Doric woida "I know," idein "to see;" Old Irish fis "vision," find "white," i.e. "clearly seen," fiuss "knowledge;" Welsh gwyn, Gaulish vindos, Breton gwenn "white;" Gothic, Old Swedish, Old English witan "to know;" Gothic weitan "to see;" English wise, German wissen "to know;" Lithuanian vysti "to see;" Bulgarian vidya "I see;" Polish widzie? "to see," wiedzie? "to know;" Russian videt' "to see," vest' "news," Old Russian vedat' "to know").

The meaning "sense of sight" is first recorded late 15c. Meaning "statesman-like foresight, political sagacity" is attested from 1926.

1. The English word " television " is a mongrel because " tele " comes from Greek and " vision " from Latin.: 英語 television 是個(gè)語源混雜的詞,因?yàn)?tele 來自希臘文,vision來自拉丁文.

2. Jane blocked Cross's vision and he could see nothing.: 簡擋住了克羅斯的視線，他什么也看不見。

3. They're making judgments based on a narrowly focused vision of the world.: 他們的判斷是基于一種狹隘的世界觀。

4. The whole place was the romantic vision of the paternalist local squire.: 這整個(gè)地方就是那位家長式鄉(xiāng)紳的浪漫想象。

5. As we approached the summit we were vouchsafed a rare vision.: 快到山頂時(shí)，我們有幸看到了難得一見的景象。