no·tion
noun OPAL WOPAL S
/ˈnəʊʃn/
/ˈnəʊʃn/
- an idea, a belief or an understanding of something
观念；信念；理解 - notion of something a political system based on the notions of equality and liberty
建立在自由平等观念基础上的政治体系 - She had only a vague notion of what might happen.
她对可能发生的事只有一个模糊的概念。 - He has no notion of the difficulty of the problem.
他不知道问题的难度。 - The author challenges preconceived notions of storytelling.
作者对一些关于叙事的固有观念提出质疑。 - She dismissed the very notion of compromise.
她驳斥了妥协的概念。 - notion that… I have to reject the notion that greed can be a good thing.
我不能接受那种认为贪欲也可以是件好事的想法。 - notion how, what, why, etc… I haven't the faintest notion how to get there.
我完全不知道怎么去那里。 - notion about something I don't have any romantic notions about rural living.
我对农村生活没有任何浪漫的幻想。
Extra Examples- He was committed to the notion of tolerance.
他致力于宽容的理念。 - He's got some vague notion that people will be queuing up to finance the project.
他有一些模糊的想法，人们会排队为该项目提供资金。 - There seems to be a general notion that nothing can be done about the problem.
人们似乎普遍认为这个问题没法解决。 - They have come to reject the traditional notion of womanhood.
他们已经到了反对有关妇女的传统观念的地步。 - They refused to entertain the notion.
他们拒绝接受这一主张。 - We must dispel this notion that you can rely on the state for everything.
我们必须打消一切都要靠国家的念头。 - I had only the vaguest notion of what he was like.
对于他是什么样的人我那时所知甚少。 - Our political system is based on notions of justice and equality.
我们的政治体制建立在公正和平等观念的基础上。 - They were not familiar with the notion that women should have equal status with men.
她们不熟悉女性应该与男性享有平等地位的观念。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- absurd
- foolish
- misguided
- …
- have
- challenge
- debunk
- …
- notion of
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin notio(n-) ‘idea’, from notus ‘known’, past participle of noscere. - notion of something a political system based on the notions of equality and liberty