contemplate or conceive of as a possibility or a desirable future event
设想
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the Rome Treaty envisaged free movement across frontiers .罗马条约设想了跨越国界的自由流动。
form a mental picture of (something not yet existing or known)
想像(尚不存在或不知道的东西)
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he knew what he liked but had difficulty envisaging it .他知道自己喜欢什么,但又想像不出。
"early 19th cent.: from French