notion
英 ['nəʊʃ(ə)n]
美['noʃən]
- n. 概念；见解；打算
词态变化
复数: notions;
中文词源
notion 观念，概念
词源同notice,通知，留心。引申词义观念，概念。
英文词源
- notion (n.)
- late 14c., from Latin notionem (nominative notio) "concept, conception, idea, notice," noun of action from past participle stem of noscere "come to know" (see know). Coined by Cicero as a loan-translation of Greek ennoia "act of thinking, notion, conception," or prolepsis "previous notion, previous conception."
双语例句
- 1. The notion that art should be controlled by intellectuals sickened him.
- 他讨厌艺术应由知识分子所掌控的观点。
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- 2. The very notion of price competition is foreign to many schools.
- 价格竞争这个概念对于许多学校都很陌生。
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- 3. Their relationship turned the standard notion of marriage on its head.
- 他们的关系完全颠覆了传统的婚姻观念。
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- 4. This is not a romantic notion but verifiable fact.
- 这不是一个不切实际的念头，而是一个可以证明的事实。
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- 5. They have always looked askance at the western notion of democracy.
- 他们一直都怀疑西方的民主观。
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