• n. 概念；見(jiàn)解；打算

詞源同notice,通知，留心。引申詞義觀念，概念。

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."

1. The notion that art should be controlled by intellectuals sickened him.

他討厭藝術(shù)應(yīng)由知識(shí)分子所掌控的觀點(diǎn)。

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2. The very notion of price competition is foreign to many schools.

價(jià)格競(jìng)爭(zhēng)這個(gè)概念對(duì)于許多學(xué)校都很陌生。

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3. Their relationship turned the standard notion of marriage on its head.

他們的關(guān)系完全顛覆了傳統(tǒng)的婚姻觀念。

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4. This is not a romantic notion but verifiable fact.

這不是一個(gè)不切實(shí)際的念頭，而是一個(gè)可以證明的事實(shí)。

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5. They have always looked askance at the western notion of democracy.

他們一直都懷疑西方的民主觀。

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