[N-COUNT 可数名词]预计；预测；估计 A projection is an estimate of a future amount.
...the company's projection of 11 million visitors for the first year.
公司对第一年将有1,100万游客的预测
...sales projections.
销售预测
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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]投射；放映 The projection of a film or picture is the act of projecting it onto a screen or wall.
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They took me into a projection room to see a picture.
他们把我带到放映室去看一张图。
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pro·jec·tionAWL/prəˈdʒekʃn; NAmEprəˈdʒekʃn/nounestimate 估计1[countable ]an estimate or a statement of what figures, amounts, or events will be in the future, or what they were in the past, based on what is happening now 预测；推断；设想◆to make forward/backward projectionsof population figures 推断未来╱过去的人口数量◆Sales have exceeded our projections.销售量超过了我们的预测。of image 影像2[uncountable , countable ]the act of putting an image of sth onto a surface; an image that is shown in this way 投射；放映；投影；放映的影像◆the projection of three-dimensional images on a computer screen在电脑屏幕上显示的立体影像◆laser projections激光影像of solid shape 立体图形3[countable ]( technical 术语) a solid shape or object as represented on a flat surface 投影图◆map projections投影地图sth that sticks out 突出物4[countable ]something that sticks out from a surface 突起物；隆起物◆tiny projections on the cell细胞上的小尖突出物of voice/sound 声音5[uncountable ]the act of making your voice, a sound, etc. audible(= able to be heard)at a distance （嗓音或声音的）发送，传送，放开◆voice projection嗓音的放开psychology 心理学6[uncountable ]the act of imagining that sb else is thinking the same as you and is reacting in the same way 投射（不自觉地把自己的思想等加诸他人）of thoughts/feelings 思想感情7[countable , uncountable ]the act of giving a form and structure to inner thoughts and feelings （思想感情的）体现，形象化◆The idea of God is a projection of humans' need to have something greater than themselves.人类需要有强于自身的形象；上帝就是这个想法的投射。projectionprojectionspro·jec·tion/prəˈdʒekʃn; NAmEprəˈdʒekʃn/
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projectionpro‧jec‧tion /prəˈdʒekʃən/ ●○○AWL noun
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1calculation [countable] a statement or calculation about what something will be in the future or was in the past, based on information available nowprojection of projections of declining natural gas productionprojection for population projections for the next 25 years He declined to make projections about fourth quarter earnings. Early projections show a three-point lead for the Socialists.2something sticking out [countable] formal something that sticks out from a surface: small projections of weathered rock on the hillside3film [uncountable] the act of projecting a film or picture onto a screen: projection equipment4feeling [uncountable] technical the act of imagining that someone else is feeling the same emotions as you5picture [countable] technical a representation of something solid on a flat surface: a map projection6imagined qualities [countable] something that you imagine to have particular qualities because of your wishes or feelingsprojection of The Devil is a projection of our fears and insecurities. →