第704期:Go to picture≠去看图片, Picture的用法大揭秘

（单词翻译）

 

说起picture这个单词，很多人的第一反应是“图片”的意思。但在口语日常的对话中，经常会听到类似于“put me in the picture”，这个短语又是什么意思呢？可见，我们真是低估了picture的用法，今天我们就来细细学习下这个单词的用法。

take picture拍照； picture照片，图片

The tourists have nothing to do but take pictures of each other.

游客无事可做，只能互相拍照。

The picture was printed back to front.

图片印反了。

put someone in the picture: 告知某人情况

If you put someone in the picture, you tell them about a situation which they need to know about.

Just make sure you put the boss¹ in the picture about the status² of the project.

请确保你告诉老板目前项目的状况。

picture还有电影的意思：

We're going to the pictures tonight.

我们今晚要去看电影。

picture可以理解为事情的概况：

Luke never tells you the whole story, but you always get the picture.

卢克从不告诉你事情的来龙去脉，但你总会弄明白是怎么回事。

picture有想象的意思：

He pictured Claire sitting out in the car, waiting for him.

他想象克莱尔坐在外面车里等他的情景。