visit visage visionary envisage envision improvise

visit ['vizit] vis+it exit['eksit, 'eɡzit]出口
参观；游览

visage ['vizidʒ]
the face, countenance, or appearance of a person or sometimes an animal
ASPECT, APPEARANCE
n. 面貌，容貌；外表

例句
She has a smiling visage.
她有一张笑吟吟的脸。

visionary ['viʒənəri] able to see visions幻象，幻影
(approving) original and showing the ability to think about or plan the future with great imagination and intelligence
relating to dreams or strange experiences, especially of a religious kind
noun (plural visionaries) (usually approving) a person who has the ability to think about or plan the future in an intelligent, imaginative way
adj. 梦想的；幻影的；有远见的;富于想像力的
n. 空想家；梦想者；有眼力的人；有远见卓识者

例句
True visionaries are often misunderstood by their own generation.
真正有远见卓识者往往受同时代人的误解。
They are left-wing visionaries.
他们是左翼空想家。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选
I thank Shirley Tilghman, one of the visionary leaders in education for inviting me back to Princeton.
我要感谢Shirley Tilghman，这位有远见的领导者,感谢她能要求我回到普林斯顿教学。

envisage [in'vizidʒ] expect ex+spect期望，希望，指望
to have a mental picture of especially in advance of realization
to view or regard in a certain way
to imagine or expect as a likely or desirable possibility in the future:
vt. 想像；设想；料想；展望：【罕】正视，面对

例句
When do you envisage being able to pay me back?
你估计什么时候能够还钱给我?
We had not envisaged that the situation would get so bad.
我们没有设想到局面会变得这么糟。

envision [in'viʒən]
to imagine what a situation will be like in the future, especially a situation you intend to work towards
(especially AmE) = ENVISAGE
vt. 想象；预想

improvise ['imprəvaiz]
to invent or make something, such as a speech or a device, at the time when it is needed without already having planned it:
When actors or musicians improvise, they perform without fixed speech or music, making it up as they perform it:
vt. 即兴创作；即兴表演；临时做；临时提供
vi. 即兴创作；即兴表演；临时凑合

例句
If an actor forgets his words, he has to improvise.
演员要是忘记台词,那就只好即兴现编。
He improvised a bookcase out of crates.
他用板条箱临时做成书架。
We left the tent poles behind, so we had to improvise.
我们忘了带帐篷支架,所以只好临时找别的东西凑合。

趣味单词

edifice ['edifis]挨地非死不可 从大厦上跳下来，挨地非死

FORMAL a large building, especially a splendid one
a system which has been established for a long time
n.1.(尤指雄伟豪华的)大型建筑物(如宫殿、大教堂、庙宇)；大厦
2.巨大而复杂的组织体系(或系统)
3.[比喻]无形的大厦；精神建设，精心建造的东西；精神支柱

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选
It was a question of constructing an elaborate formal edifice to which everybody could contribute. Students got excited about it.
现在的精读已形成了一种精确而正式的体系,每个人都可以做出自己的贡献，学生当然会对此感兴趣。

耶鲁公开课 - 基础物理课程节选
Of course, we have to also know how to plug in the numbers so we can pass all the tests, but it's good to understand the nature of the edifice set up by Newton.
当然,我们首先要知道怎么代数字,这样我们考试才能过关,但是如果能理解,牛顿的这一伟大杰作的本质就更好了。