notion

英 ['nəʊʃn] 美 ['noʊʃn]

• n. 观念；概念；想法；主张

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C]概念,观念,看法

   an idea, belief or opinion in one's mind; concept

2. [C]突然的念头,奇想; 意图,打算

   a sudden desire; intention

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 打算
2. 意图
3. 概念
4. 观念
5. 想法
6. 一时兴起的念头
7. 见解
8. 理解
9. 看法
10. 针、线、钮扣等小日用品
11. 奇想
12. 意见
13. 观点
14. 意向
15. 信念
16. 主张
17. 学说

英英释义

Noun:

1. a vague idea in which some confidence is placed;

   "his impression of her was favorable"
   "what are your feelings about the crisis?"
   "it strengthened my belief in his sincerity"
   "I had a feeling that she was lying"
   

2. a general inclusive concept

3. an odd or fanciful or capricious idea;

   "the theatrical notion of disguise is associated with disaster in his stories"
   "he had a whimsy about flying to the moon"
   "whimsy can be humorous to someone with time to enjoy it"
   

4. (usually plural) small personal articles or clothing or sewing items;

   "buttons and needles are notions"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. State control is a very un-American notion.
   实行国家控制是根本违背美国观念的。
2. They want a system based on the notions of personal equality and liberty.
   他们想要基于人的平等﹑ 自由等概念的制度。
3. We had a notion that he was telling a lie.
   我们当时的看法是他在说谎。
4. She dinged the notion into our ears.
   她老是唠唠叨叨地跟我们讲那个想法。(或：她把那个想法反反复复地灌输给我们)。
5. Your head is full of silly notions.
   你满脑子都是糊涂思想。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. One common Chinese notion is that the elders ought to be respected.
   中国人共有的一种观念是长者应受到尊敬。
2. He has no notion of economy.
   他完全没有节约的观念。
3. Your head is full of silly notions.
   你满脑子都是愚蠢的想法。
4. He had a sudden notion to visit all his relatives.
   他心血来潮,突然想去拜访他所有的亲戚。
5. He had no notion of running the risk.
   他不想冒这个险。
6. He has no notion of the difficulty of this problem.
   他不了解这个问题的难处。
7. I haven't the faintest notion what you're talking about.
   我对于你所讲的话一点儿也不懂。

经典引文

• A first notion is the concept of a thing as it exists itself.

  出自： W. Hamilton

• Happy the soldier home, with not a notion How somewhere, every dawn, some men attack.

  出自： W. Owen

• Not the objective facts of nature, nor any abstract notion based on those facts.

  出自： H. Read

• I have no notion what we talked about.

  出自： Day Lewis

• The notion of Judgment Day was as tangible as the weather.

  出自： J. Irving

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• entertain〔express〕 a notion 持有〔表达〕某种观点
• favor the notion 赞成观点

形容词+～

• abstract notions 抽象的概念
• airy〔common〕 notions 空想〔一般的想法〕
• current notions 流行观念
• fundamental notions 基本概念
• scientific notions 科学观点
• silly〔stupid〕 notions 愚蠢的想法

词语用法

2. 在美式英语中，notion可指“杂货”，如针，线和带等物；
3. notion后接的介词of在大部分情况下可省略。

   He must have some notion (of) what happened last week.
   以上句子中的of多半不用。

n. (名词)

1. notion作“概念,观念,看法”解时,常接that引导的从句作notion的同位语。
2. notion作“突然的念头,奇想,意图,打算”解时常接动词不定式或“of+ v -ing”作定语。
3. notion作“理解,明白”解时前面常用no, any, some修饰,其后可接of引导的介词短语,也可接what引导的同位语从句。

词义辨析

n. (名词)

notion, concept, conception, idea, thought

• 这组词都可表示“想法,概念”。其区别是：
• idea是日常用语,使用范围广,指一种“想法”,也可用于学术方面,指“观念”“概念”。conception所指的“概念”“观念”“想法”是哲学用语,指理性的认识与概括的结果。concept指从同类事物中归纳出来的“基本概念”，也指一般人们对某一事物所持有的“观念”。例如:
• It is impossible for a blind man to have a conception of colours.盲人不可能有颜色的概念。
• Science has overturned many old conception of the universe.科学推翻了人们对于宇宙的许多陈旧概念。
• These basic concepts must be kept in mind in our discussion of China's cultural problems.我们讨论中国文化问题时,不能忘记这些基本概念。
• notion作“想法”“见解”解时是日常用语,指模糊的观念,无定见的思想活动,一般可和idea通用,但不能作学术用语。例如:
• Her notion of delta was a lot of channels and islands.她所理解的三角洲就是许多水道和岛屿。
• thought作“思想”“思维活动”解时指经过推理与思考而产生的看法,也指较全面、较系统的思想。例如:
• Please let me have your thoughts on the matter.请告诉我你对这个问题的想法。
• The thesis is on the scientific thought in the 19th century.这篇论文论述了19世纪的科学思想。

idea，concept，conception，thought，notion，impression

• 这些名词均有“思想、观点、观念”之意。
• idea最普通常用词，几乎适用于任何方面的思维活动。
• concept指从众多实例中通过概括、归纳而形成的对事物本质、全貌及其内部联系的概念或看法。
• conception通常指个人或一些人所持有的具体概念或念头，也可指概念的形成过程，含一定的想象和感情色彩意味。
• thought指以推理、思考等智力活动为基础的心理思维活动及其结果。
• notion指的是一种模糊的，变化莫测的想法，无可靠的基础，未经深思熟虑的观点。
• impression指外部刺激在思想中所产生的印象。

近反义词

【近义词】

• idea
• concept