「思う」「考える」のボキャブラリー 7 ― project

1. If something is projected, it is planned or expected.

  • Medicare spending is projected to grow 8.1% in 2009.

(メディケア関連の費用は2009年に8.1%増加すると見込まれている)
[NHE Fact Sheet National Health Expenditure Data]
★この意味では受動態が多い(This pattern is usually used in the passive. - OALD)

2. If you project someone or something in a particular way, you try to make people see them in that way. If you project a particular feeling or quality, you show it in your behaviour.

  • She also projected herself as single.

(独身に見せかけようともした)http://uber2002.wordpress.com/tag/annullment/

  • She projects an air of calm self-confidence.(OALD―落ち着いた自信を見せる)

「(感情や考えを)〜に投射する」という意味もあります。He projects his own thoughts and ideas onto her.(彼は彼女も同じ考えを持っていると考えている)