notional

英 ['nəʊʃənl] 美 ['noʊʃənl]

• adj. 想像的；概念上的；抽象的；名义上的；估计的

英英释义

Adjective:

1. not based on fact; unreal;

   "the falsehood about some fanciful secret treaties"
   "a small child's imaginary friends"
   "to create a notional world for oneself"
   

2. not based on fact or investigation;

   "a notional figure of cost helps in determining production costs"
   "speculative knowledge"
   

3. indulging in or influenced by fancy;

   "a fanciful mind"
   "all the notional vagaries of childhood"
   

4. being of the nature of a notion or concept;

   "a plan abstract and conceptional"
   "to improve notional comprehension"
   "a notional response to the question"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. That's when his notional images flew from his mind.
   就在这时，他的种种想像的情景都烟消云散。
2. This is the businessman is playing notional deceive consumer apparently.
   这显然是商家在玩概念糊弄消费者。
3. The notional reason for today's gains is the surge in consumer confidence.
   股市周二的上涨名义上是因为消费者信心急剧提升。
4. My calculation is based on notional figures, since the actual figures are not yet available.
   因尚无实际数字，我是根据估计的数字计算的。

经典引文

• All things that exist, exist only in the mind, that is, they are purely notional.

  出自： G. Berkeley

• Thackeray's narrative persona addresses a notional reader.

  出自：Times Literary Supplement

词汇搭配

• notional word 实义词
• notional verb 表意动词
• notional amount 暂定款项
• notional shipper 名义托运人

近反义词

【近义词】

• theoretical 理论上的
• closet 壁橱
• dreamy 梦幻般的
• pure 纯的
• fabled 虚构的
• speculative 推测的
• fanciful 想像的
• imaginary 想象的
• estimated 估计的
• academic 学院的
• hypothetical 假设的
• abstract 抽象的
• unreal 不真实的
• fancied 空想的
• whimsical 异想天开的
• nonexistent 不存在的
• conceptional 想象的
• ideational 构思的