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im·age /ˈɪmɪdʒ/ ●●● S2 W1 AWL noun [countableC]
1  public opinion 公衆輿論APPEARANCEREPUTATION the opinion people have of a person, organization, product etc, or the way a person, organization etc seems to be to the public 〔某人、組織、産品等的〕聲譽；形象 → reputation
image of
attempts to improve the image of the police
提升警察形象的努力
► see thesaurus at reputation
2  idea in mind 腦海中的印象IDEA a picture that you have in your mind, especially about what someone or something is like or the way they look 〔尤指對某人或某物的〕印象，形象
image of
He had no visual image of her, only her name.
他記不得她的樣子了，只記得她的名字。
He had the clearest image in his mind of his mother and father.
他腦海中對父母的印象極其清晰。
3  picture/what you see 圖像/所見之物
a) SHAPEa picture of an object in a mirror or in the lens of a camera 〔鏡子或相機鏡頭中的〕映像
She peered closely at her image in the mirror.
她仔細檢視鏡子中自己的映像。
b) SHAPEa picture on the screen of a television, cinema, or computer 〔電視、電影或計算機屏幕上的〕圖像，影像
Jill Sharpe was little more than a name, a glossy image on a television screen.
吉爾·夏普只是一個名字而已，一個電視熒屏上的浮華影像。
c) SHAPEa picture or shape of a person or thing that is copied onto paper or is cut in wood or stone 畫像；塑像；雕像
carved images
雕像
4  description 描繪IMAGINE a word, phrase, or picture that describes an idea in a poem, book, film etc 〔詩、書、電影等中的〕意象；比喻
He paints a very romantic image of working-class communities.
他描繪了工人階級社區的浪漫景象。
5  be the (very/living/spitting) image of somebody SAMEto look exactly like someone or something else 酷似某人，極像某人
He’s the spitting image of his mother.
他酷似他的母親。
Examples from the Corpus
be the (very/living/spitting) image of somebody• Throughout the show's history, for instance, Cleese was the very image of pompous, impatient rectitude.• My favorite is the image of an aproned cook in the rear of the open kitchen.• All she had was the image of a woman lying on the ground and people desperate to help her.• It was the image of returning once again to her empty maisonette in Ealing.• But we both agreed the little mite was the spitting image of the man.• And just lagging it slightly was the image of the posed dancer.• This is the image of a successful couple.• Pressing upon the rest of us is the image of all those dormant scars in the crust potentially surging to life.
6  in the image of somebody/something literarySAME in the same form or shape as someone or something else 與某人/某物同形
According to the Bible, man was made in the image of God.
《聖經》上說，人是照着上帝的樣子創造的。
Examples from the Corpus
in the image of somebody/something• Pope, in a Swiftian moment, connects women's changes with dirt and, in the image of fly-blow, putrefaction.• People needed their candles, their lamps and their copper kettles, their slices of lemon in the image of the sun.• According to the Bible, man was made in the image of God.
→ mirror image
 COLLOCATIONS
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + image
a good/positive image 好的/正面的形象
We want to give people a positive image of the town.
我們要向别人展示這座城鎮的正面形象。
a bad/negative image 不好的/負面的形象
It’s difficult to explain why the industry has such a bad image.
很難說清楚這一行業爲何形象如此糟糕。
nMany negative images of women are found in the media.
a wholesome/clean-cut image (=morally good and never doing anything bad) 健康的/幹淨的形象
The recent scandal has damaged his clean-cut image.
最近的醜聞破壞了他道德高尚的形象。
an upmarket image British EnglishBrE, an upscale image American EnglishAmE (=expensive and good quality) 高端品牌形象
The company is trying to promote an upmarket image.
這家公司在努力塑造一種高端品牌形象。
a downmarket image British EnglishBrE, a downscale image American EnglishAmE (=cheap and not good quality) 低端品牌形象
The store has struggled to break away from its downmarket image.
該商店努力想擺脫其低端品牌形象。
the traditional image of something 某事物的傳統形象
They want to improve the traditional image of English food.
他們要改善英國食品的傳統形象。
the popular image of something 某事物的大衆形象
The popular image of the spy as a glamorous figure of mystery is far from the reality.
大家眼中間諜那富有魅力的神秘形象與實際情況相去甚遠。
somebody’s/something’s public image (=the image that many people have of someone or something) 某人/某事物的公衆形象
nHer public image does not reflect the way she behaves in private.
somebody’s screen image (=how someone seems in films or on TV) 某人的銀幕[熒幕]形象
nHe had cultivated a screen image as a ruthless tough guy.
na macho image (=someone’s image as a man who is strong and tough)
He was keen to project a macho image in this film.
verbs
have an image 擁有形象
The product has a rather downmarket image.
這一産品的形象很低端。
create an image 創造形象
The company is trying to create an image of quality and reliability.
公司力圖打造優質、可靠的形象。
improve your image 改善形象
The casino industry was keen to improve its image.
賭博行業急於改善形象。
damage your image 破壞形象
Has this scandal damaged the company’s image?
這一醜聞是否損害了公司的形象？
live up to your image (=be like the image you have presented of yourself) 與自己的形象相符
He has certainly lived up to his wild rock-star image.
他的言行顯然很符合其狂放不羁的搖滾樂明星形象。
present/project/promote an image (=behave in a way that creates a particular image) 表現/展現/提升某一形象
He presented an image of himself as an energetic young leader.
他展示了一名精力充沛的年輕領袖的形象。
cultivate an image (=try to encourage or develop an image) 樹立某一形象
nHe was trying to cultivate an image of himself as an intellectual.
tarnish an image (=damage it slightly) 損害[玷污]某一形象
nHis behaviour has tarnished the image of the sport.
nclean up your image (=improve your image after it has been damaged)
The pop star promised to clean up his image after he was released from prison.
lose/shed an image (=get rid of it) 擺脫某一形象
nThe party struggled to lose its image of being somewhat old-fashioned.
image + NOUN
an image problem 形象問題
Politicians have an image problem as far as many young people are concerned.
許多年輕人認爲政治人物的形象有問題。
Examples from the Corpus
image• The princess tried to project an image of herself as serious and hardworking.• It was not direct preparation for production that the schools should be providing but image building.• But Moore is far more outrageous than her pop-culture image.• The digitized images can be stored on a computer hard disk, or printed out on special photographic paper.• the flickering images of an old silent movie• Some have made pilgrimages to re-enact ancient rituals in caves, others have dressed in costumes and objects evoking traditional Goddess images.• The scandal has badly hurt her image as an honest politician.• When he stared at his image in the mirror, Smith saw a middle-aged man.• The President's advisers said it would be bad for his image to be photographed with union leaders.• This latest scandal has severely hurt his image as a leader.• He doesn't really need those glasses - they're just part of his "intellectual" image.• The party is seeking to improve its image with female voters.• Perth is proud of its image as a breeding ground for "don't-take-no-for-an-answer" entrepreneurs.• I like her new image - it's a lot more dignified.• Most of the locations favourable for the emission of sound correspond more or less exactly to a painted image on the wall.• I looked horrible - this bony, awkward, pitiful image.• Mickey Mouse's image was plastered on billboards all over town.• At forty-six, Burnett hardly fits most people's image of an American college student.• Since I started working in this company, I have tried to maintain the image of a winner.• The images on a computer screen are made up of thousands of tiny dots.• The image can be seen from a variety of angles.• The image Johnson had smashed was restored by Louis: he was controllable.• The image of the tree in "Cinderella" is particularly important because it symbolizes personal growth.• The images of starving people on the news was what motivated us to send money.• People have this image of me as some kind of monster.
image in ... mind• It's strange you have an image in your mind of the particular person you want for the particular role.• But for six years I carried his image in my mind, determined that he should somehow be made to pay.• He was repulsed by the scramble of images in her mind.• Such coups gave the perpetrators of these daring acts something of a romantic image in the popular mind.• The image in his mind's eye was as sharp as ever.• The images in our minds of ourselves never change.• I sketched the fish to preserve their images in my mind, then scalded and gutted them in boiling water.• How would you need to change this image in your mind to score 100?
From Longman Business Dictionary
imageim·age /ˈɪmɪdʒ/ noun [countableC]
1MARKETING the general opinion that most people have of a person, organization, product etc
Law suits hurt a company’s image and may hinder future fund raising.
A good advertising campaign will promote a company’s corporate image while reminding consumers of the products it makes.
→ brand image
2a picture on the screen of a computer or television
A small company is leading the way in using lasers to create three-dimensional models from computer images.
Origin image
(1100-1200) Old French imagene, from Latin imago

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