Picture 作为一个可数名词,表示以绘画、油画或摄影的形式表现出来的视觉,也可以是一个图像,意为”图画;绘画;相片;照片;电视图像“,因此它包含 photo,但是 picture 还是当年的 picture,in the picture 就不一定了。 Picture 作为名词时,常用被用来比喻,意为“描绘;描述”,此时只用作单数形式,并常以 the picture 存在,例如:The police are trying to build up a picture of what happened.警方正试图掌握事情发生的经过。The experts are painting a gloomy picture of the state of the economy.专家们正在描绘一幅令人沮丧的经济状况图。In the picture,是一个介词短语,字面意思是“在图片里”,通常指画中的人或物,例如: How many monkeys are there in the picture?图中有多少只猴子?The man in the picture is himself.照片上这个人就是他本人。我们知道 picture 还有一个常见的意思“状况;情形;形势”,也常以单数形式 the picture 存在,例如:Just a few years ago the picture was very different.几年前的情况就大不相同。The overall picture for industry is worrying.工业的总体形势是令人担忧的。因此,了解了 picture 的这个意思之后,你会发现 in the picture 已经不仅是当初的“在图片里”的意思,它还可以用来比喻牵涉其中,也就是参与某事或处于某种情况中,可以意为“在局内”,常用于 put/keep sb in the picture 搭配中,这个短语意为“介绍情况,使了解情况”,例如:I was in the picture from the beginning.起初我是局内人。Nathan is back in the picture after disappearing in August.内森在8月份消失后现在又掺和了进来了。Just make sure you keep the boss in the picture about the status of the project.只要确保你让老板了解项目的状况就行了。此时 in the picture 对应的是 out of the picture,表示不参与某事,意为“在局外”,例如: Morris is likely to win, with Jones out of the picture now.琼斯现已出局,莫里斯极有可能胜出。With last year's winner out of the picture, she has a good chance of winning.由于去年的冠军不在名单上,她很有可能获胜。The new systems cut humans out of the picture altogether.新系统将人类完全排除在外。因此当有人说 get the picture 或问你“get the picture?“ 时,可能不是在说关于得到图片的事,因为 get the picture 还可以表示“明白、了解情况“等,此时相当于 understand 等,例如:It's all right, don't say any more - I get the picture.没关系,别说了,我明白了。OK, I get the picture. I'll start looking for somewhere else to stay.好的,我明白了。我会开始找别的地方住。您的支持最重要!!!如果您觉得这篇文章对您有帮助,请不要吝啬在右下角点“在看”和点赞。为了防止迷路,请设置为”星标“,我们将一如既往地输出更多优质的此类文章。