英汉词典

idea 基本解释

• n. 想法；主意；概念

idea 词态变化

idea 中文词源

来自拉丁语idea,想象，想法，想象中的上帝的模样，来自PIE*weid,看，字母w脱落，词源同video,evident.引申词义看，幻想，现用于指主意，想法。

idea 英文词源

idea

idea: [16] Etymologically, an idea is the ‘look’ of something – it comes ultimately from the same source as produced the Greek verb ídein ‘see’. Greek idéā itself was used by Plato in the specialized sense ‘archetypal form of something’, which survives in the derived adjective ideal [17], but as far as the modern English noun is concerned, its sense ‘notion, mental conception’ developed (in Greek) via ‘look, appearance’, ‘image’, and ‘mental image’. Ideology [18] is a derivative, coined originally in French at the end of the 18th century.
=> ideology, idol

idea (n.)

late 14c., "archetype of a thing in the mind of God; Platonic `idea,'" from Latin idea "idea," and in Platonic philosophy "archetype," from Greek idea "ideal prototype," literally "the look of a thing (as opposed to the reality); form; kind, sort, nature," from idein "to see," from PIE *wid-es-ya-, suffixed form of root *weid- "to see" (see vision). Sense of "result of thinking" first recorded 1640s.

Men of one idea, like a hen with one chicken, and that a duckling. [Thoreau, "Walden"]

Idée fixe (1836) is from French, literally "fixed idea."

idea 词组搭配

idea 英文释义

1. the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about;

"it was not a good idea"

"the thought never entered my mind"

2. a personal view;

"he has an idea that we don't like him"

3. an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth;

"an estimate of what it would cost"

"a rough idea how long it would take"

4. your intention; what you intend to do;

"he had in mind to see his old teacher"

"the idea of the game is to capture all the pieces"

5. (music) melodic subject of a musical composition;

"the theme is announced in the first measures"

"the accompanist picked up the idea and elaborated it"

idea 同义词解析

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，变化的莫测的想法，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。

opinion, view, sentiment, idea

这些名词均含"意见，看法，见解"之意。

opinion： 普通用词，使用广泛。多指初步的或缺证据支持因而不十分肯定的意见或看法。

view： 侧重指个人对较广泛或重大问题所持的看法，常用复数形式。

sentiment： 着重指基于情感而非推理所得出的，已经固定了的看法，常用复数形式。

idea： 普通用词，通常指凭感觉和想象所形成的看法或意见。

idea 双语例句

1. I have a fair idea of how difficult things can be.

我大致了解情况会有多困难。

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2. They have only a vague idea of the amount of water available.

他们只是大概知道可用水的总量。

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3. Professor Baker is unacquainted with the idea of representative democracy.

贝克教授并不熟悉“代议制民主”这一思想。

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4. The police told me. It was a bombshell. I had no idea.

是警察告诉我的。我很震惊，完全没想到。

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5. "I told you Preskel had no idea," remarked Kemp with some asperity.

“我告诉过你普雷斯克毫不知情的，”肯普颇为不耐烦地说道。

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idea 实用场景例句

She doesn't seem to have any idea of what I'm talking about.

她对我所说的似乎一点也不懂。

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I had some idea of what the job would be like.

我对于这份工作有了一些了解。

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The brochure should give you a good idea of the hotel.

这本小册子详细介绍这家旅馆。

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The latest big idea is to make women more interested in sport.

最近的流行思想是促进妇女对体育的兴趣。

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It seemed like a good idea at the time , and then it all went horribly wrong.

那在当时似乎是个好主意，但后来却铸成大错。

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We've been toying with the idea of (= thinking about) getting a dog.

我们一直有意无意地想着弄条狗。

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It might be an idea (= it would be sensible) to try again later.

稍后再试或许是明智的。

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The surprise party was Jane's idea.

那次惊喜聚会是简的主意。

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Her family expected her to go to college, but she had other ideas .

她的家人希望她上大学，但她另有打算。

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He already had an idea for his next novel.

他已经构思好了下一部小说。

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I like the idea of living on a boat.

我喜欢在船上居住的建议。

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It would be a good idea to call before we leave.

我们出发之前打个电话是个好主意。

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You have no idea how depressed it made me.

你都想象不出这事令我多么沮丧。

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We are both so happy, you have no idea...

你肯定想象不出来，我们俩都这么幸福。

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You're beginning to get the idea.

你开始明白了。

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It isn't too difficult once you get the idea...

你一旦弄懂了，就不太难了。

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We haven't the faintest idea where he is.

我们根本不知道他在哪里。

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'Is she coming by coach?' — 'Well I've no idea.'

“她坐长途汽车来吗?”——“哦，我不知道。”

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I had to postpone ideas of a career and stay at home.

我不得不暂缓就业打算，呆在家里。

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He sent for a number of books he admired with the idea of re-reading them...

他订购了一些自己喜欢的书，打算重新再读一遍。

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The idea is to encourage people to get to know their neighbours.

其目的是促使人们结识邻居。

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I had an idea that he joined the army later, but I may be wrong.

我猜他后来参军了，但也可能我猜得不对。

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No one has any real idea how much the company will make next year.

没人真的知道该公司明年会赚多少钱。

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By the end of the week you will have a clear idea of what your eating habits are...

到这周末你便会清楚自己的饮食习惯了。

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Could you give us an idea of the range of complaints you've been receiving?...

你能跟我们大致讲一下今年收到的投诉的范围吗？

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...the idea that reading too many books ruins your eyes...

读书过多损害眼睛的看法

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This table will give you some idea of how levels of ability can be measured...

这张表格会让你大致了解能力水平可以怎样评估。

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Some of his ideas about democracy are entirely his own.

他关于民主的一些观点完全是他自己的创见。

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I really like the idea of helping people...

我非常赞同帮助他人的提议。

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It's a good idea to plan ahead...

提前做计划是个好主意。

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