「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/
「(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)