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a picture, photograph or statue that represents somebody/something 画像；雕像；塑像 Most simple leaflets will include text and images. 大多数简单的传单将包括文本和图像。 We already have more than 22 000 digital images on file. 我们已有超过22 000张数码影像存档。 The visual image is steadily replacing the written word. 视觉图像正在逐渐取代文字。 - image of somebody/something
Images of deer and hunters decorate the cave walls. 洞穴壁上装饰着鹿和猎人的画像。 Consider the images of war that fill the pages of our newspapers. 想想充斥在我们报纸上的战争画面。 a wooden image of the Hindu god Ganesh 印度教神灵象头神的木雕像 An exhibition of images of St Nicholas is on display in the cathedral. 大教堂里正在展出圣·尼古拉斯的肖像。 - in the image of somebody/something
In the Bible it states that humans were created in the image of God. 《圣经》中说人类是按照上帝的形象创造的。
Extra ExamplesIt was forbidden to worship graven images. 那时禁止崇拜雕像。 The display juxtaposed images from serious and popular art. 这次展览将严肃艺术和通俗艺术的图片并列展出。 a live close-up image of her face 她脸部的一个实景特写画面 humorous posters bearing an image of a squatting dog 有一只蹲坐的狗的形象的幽默海报 powerful and disturbing images of the war 惊心动魄的战争画面 the painted image of a human being 一幅人体油画图像 traditional images of motherhood 传统的母性形象
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- living
- spitting
- mirror
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a picture of somebody/something seen in a mirror, through a camera, or on a television, computer, phone, etc. 镜像；影像；映像；图像 He stared at his own image reflected in the water. 他凝视着自己在水中的倒影。 Slowly, an image began to appear on the screen. 屏幕上慢慢地出现了一幅图像。 Click on the image for a larger version. 点击图片查看更大的版本。 - image from something
Police will study the images from CCTV cameras. 警方将研究闭路电视摄像机拍摄的图像。 - image of something
The camera captured an image of the suspect and his car. 摄像机捕捉到了嫌疑犯和他的车的图像。 The satellite provides high-resolution images of the Earth's surface. 这颗卫星提供地球表面的高分辨率图像。 The image quality is too low. 图像质量太低。
Extra ExamplesAfter exposure a faint image is visible. 曝光之后一个模糊的图像隐约可见。 Each illustration is displayed as a complete screen image. 每一幅图片都是全屏显示。 She longed to capture the image on film. 她渴望用胶片捕捉那个画面。 The process uses silver plates rather than film to create an image. 这个过程使用银版而不是胶片来创造图像。 The devices are capable of enlarging the image. 这些装置可以放大这幅图像。 The machine can capture a three-dimensional image of a patient's heart. 这种机器能拍摄病人心脏的三维图像。 They can connect directly to the image files and allow the customer to view them. 它们可以直接连接图像文件供用户查看。 Under each thumbnail image is a link to a larger illustration. 每幅缩略图下面都有一个放大图片的链接。 Visitors can view live radar images and listen in to the control tower. 参观者可以观看实时的雷达图像并监听控制塔指令。 You can store these images in a separate computer file. 你可以把这些图像单独存在一个电脑文件里。 heat images that show where most of the activity in the brain is 显示大多数大脑活动所在区域的热成像 the pixel information used to display a digital image 用于显示数字图像的像素信息 the use of still and moving video images 静态及动态视频影像的使用 In real life she looks nothing like her screen image. 现实生活中的她与她的屏幕形象截然不同。 satellite images of Hurricane Floyd posted on NASA's website 弗洛伊德飓风的卫星图像发布在美国宇航局的网站上
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- compelling
- dramatic
- graphic
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- generate
- produce
- reproduce
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- depict something
- reflect something
- represent something
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- capture
- processing
- analysis
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the impression that a person, an organization, a product, etc. gives to the public 形象；印象；声誉 His public image is very different from the real person. 他在公众心目中的形象与他真实的本人截然不同。 The advertisements are intended to improve the company's image. 这些广告旨在提高公司的形象。 Image is very important in the music world. 在音乐界，个人形象很重要。 It was years before the country was able to project an image of stability again. 几年后，这个国家才能够再次展现出稳定的形象。 The campaign aims to create a new image for the city. 该活动旨在为这座城市创造一个新形象。 stereotyped images of women in children’s books 儿童图书中模式化的女性形象 to have a positive/negative image 有正面/负面形象 The company changed its name on the advice of an image consultant. 该公司在一名形象顾问的建议下更名。
Extra ExamplesChampagne houses owe their success to brand image. 香槟公司的成功在于他们的品牌形象。 Eastwood maintained an image as a tough guy. 伊斯特伍德保持着硬汉的形象。 He's a good player with a clean image. 他是一个形象干净的好队员。 She is now seeking to soften her image for voters. 目前她正着力使自己在选民中的形象变得温和。 The company needs to create a new image for itself. 公司需要为自己打造一个全新的形象。 The group has failed to live up to its macho image. 这个组合的表现未体现出他们的男子汉形象。 The industry is trying to shed its negative image. 这个行业正在竭力摆脱自己的负面形象。 The party needs to clean up its somewhat tarnished image. 这个政党需要洗刷自己有些受损的形象。 an effort to improve the organization's public image 为改善该组织公众形象所作的努力 The advertisements are intended to improve the company's image. 这些广告旨在提高公司的形象。 Firms of all sizes expend resources to maintain a positive public image. 各种规模的公司都花费资源来维持正面的公众形象。 Unfortunately, in today's world, image is everything. 不幸的是，在当今世界，形象就是一切。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- good
- positive
- negative
- …
- create
- convey
- cultivate
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a mental picture that you have of what somebody/something is like or looks like （心目中的）形象，印象 images of the past 对过去的印象 I had a mental image of what she would look like. 我能想象出她的样貌如何。 Dieting always seems to conjure up images of endless cottage cheese salads. 一提起节食就会让人想到上顿接下顿、没完没了的农家鲜干酪色拉。
Extra ExamplesHe didn't fit my image of the boss. 他不符合我心目中的老板形象。 He started to recall images from his past. 他开始回想自己对过去的印象。 I like to build up images of the characters and setting before I start to write. 我喜欢在落笔之前想好人物形象和场景。 It leaves indelible images imprinted on your mind. 它在你的头脑中留下难以忘怀的印象。 Samba always seems to conjure up images of Brazil. 桑巴舞似乎总能唤起人们心目中对巴西的种种印象。 The history books built up a false image of an unpopular president. 历史书树立了一个不受拥戴的总统的不实形象。 I always had an image of her standing by that window gazing out. 我一直记得她站在那个窗口向外凝望的样子。 He represents the perfect image of a clean-living college boy. 他代表了那种活得正派清白的大学生的完美形象。 Treating disabled people like children only reinforces negative images of disability. 像对待儿童那样对待残疾人只会强化残疾人在人们心目中的负面形象。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- powerful
- vivid
- sudden
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- have
- bring to mind
- call to mind
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- image from
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a word or phrase used with a different meaning from its normal one, in order to describe something in a way that produces a strong picture in the mind 比喻；意象 Her writings are full of poetic images of the countryside. 她的作品里充满了富有诗意的乡村意象。
WordfinderTopics Literature and writingb2
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French, from Latin imago; related to imitate.
Idioms
be the image of somebody/something
to look very like somebody/something else 酷似；和…非常相像