[, ]a description that gives you an idea of what sth is like描绘；描述◆The writer paints a gloomy picture of the economy.作者把经济形势描绘得一片惨淡。 [] the picturethe general situation concerning sb/sth形势；状况；情形◆The overall picture for industry is encouraging.工业的总体形势令人鼓舞。●in/out of the ˈpicture () involved/not involved in a situation在局内／局外；相干／不相干◆With our main competitors out of the picture, we have a good chance of winning the contract.随着我们的主要竞争对手的出局，我们赢得这一合同的机会就很大了。●put/keep sb in the ˈpicture () to give sb the information they need in order to understand a situation介绍情况；使了解情况◆Just to put you in the picture—there have been a number of changes here recently.只是让你了解一下情况，这里最近发生了一些变化。➡ idiom at big