[, ]an estimate or a statement of what figures, amounts or events will be in the future, or what they were in the past, based on what is happening now 预测；推测；设想◆Sales have exceeded our projections. 销量超过了我们的预测。◆Calculations are based on a projection of existing trends. 计算结果是根据对现行趋势的预测作出的。◆We have been making forward projections as to the future profitability of the firm. 我们一直在推算公司未来的利润率。⨁ budget / earnings / financial / growth / sales projections 预算／收入／财务／增长／销售预测⨁gloomy / optimistic / rosy projections 悲观的／乐观的预测；迷人的设想⨁to make / revise projections 作／修改预测