vt.

1. 计划；规划
   The government projected a tax decrease.

   政府计划降低税收。

2. 投掷，发射，喷射[（+at/into）]
   The fountain projects a stream of water.

   喷泉喷出一股水。

3. 投射（光线等）；映[（+on/onto）]
   They were delighted to see their holiday slides projected on a screen.

   他们高兴地看到他们度假的幻灯片在屏幕上放映出来。

4. 突出；使凸出
5. 阐述；表明……的特性，使呈现特性
   He had projected himself as a reformer in the presidential campaign.

   他在总统竞选中曾以改革者的姿态出现。

6. 预计，推断
   Can you project our sales in the coming year?

   你能预测我们来年的销售情况吗？

7. 【心】把（自己的感情等）投射给（别人）[（+on/upon/onto）]

vi.

1. 突出，伸出[（+from/into）]
   Nails that project from the wall may tear your clothes.

   墙上突出的钉子会撕破你的衣服的。

2. 【心】投射

n.[C]

1. 方案，计划，规划
   This project seems to be very attractive.

   这一方案看来很有吸引力。

2. 工程
   The project was estimated to have cost $900,000.

   这一工程估计耗去资金九十万美元。

3. 科研项目
   She's doing a project on adult education.

   她正在进行一项有关成人教育的研究。

4. 【美】国民住宅
   She lives in the same project, one flight up.

   她住在同一幢住宅内，再上一层楼就是她家。

n.

1. an enterprise carefully planned to achieve a particular aim.
   ▸a proposed or planned undertaking.
2. a piece of research work by a school or college student.
3. (also housing project) N. Amer. a government-subsidized estate or block of homes.

v.

1. estimate or forecast on the basis of present trends.
   ▸ [often as adj. projected] plan.
2. protrude.
3. throw or cause to move forward or outward.
   ▸cause (light, shadow, or an image) to fall on a surface.
   ▸cause (a sound) to be heard at a distance.
   ▸imagine as having moved to a different place or time.
4. present or promote.
   ▸display (an emotion or quality) in one's behaviour.
5. (project something on to) attribute an emotion to (another person), especially unconsciously.
6. Geometry  draw straight lines through (a given figure) to produce a corresponding figure on a surface or line.
7. represent (the earth's surface, the heavens, etc.) on a plane surface.