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| 1 | C a thought that you have about how to do something or how to deal with something 主意；想法 |
| What a brilliant idea! 多棒的主意啊！ |
| have an idea Then I had an idea: we could stay with Mark. 接着我有了个主意：我们可以和马克呆在一起。 |
| +for an idea for a new TV show 对新电视节目的设想 |
| get an idea for sth Where do you get the ideas for your stories? 你的故事的创意是从哪儿得来的？ |
| get the idea to do sth How did you get the idea to remove the window from the outside? 你怎么想到要把窗户从外面卸下来？ |
| have/get the idea of doing sth Then she got the idea of sending the poems to a publisher. 然后她想到该把那些诗寄给出版商。 |
| | 1a | an opinion or belief 观点；意见；信念 | | +about/on sth I don’ t agree with his ideas about education. 我不赞成他对教育的观点。 | | Her ideas on the subject were not ones I shared. 她对这个问题的意见和我的不一致。 | | have an idea She has some pretty strange ideas about how to bring up children. 她对于该怎样抚养孩子有些相当古怪的念头。 | |
| | 1b | how you imagine something to be 想法；想象 | | +of We didn’ t have a clear idea of what to expect from the training course. 我们不清楚能从这个培训课程中学到些什么。 | | Standing in the rain for two hours was not my idea of fun. 在雨里站上两个小时我可不觉得好玩。 | | be my idea of heaven/paradise/bliss (=something that is extremely enjoyable) Lying by the pool with a good book is my idea of heaven. 是我想象中的天堂/乐园/极乐世界 | |
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| 2 | singular/U information or knowledge that you have about something 知识；了解 |
| +of I had only a basic idea of how the machine worked. 我对这台机器的工作原理只有一点基本概念。 |
| have no idea (=not know at all) They had no idea what time they were supposed to arrive. 不知道 |
| not have the slightest/faintest/foggiest/remotest idea (=not know at all) He didn’ t have the slightest idea of how she really felt. 压根儿不知道；根本不了解 |
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| 3 | C/U a purpose or intention 目的；意图 |
| +behind/of What’ s the idea behind these proposals? 这些提议背后的意图是什么？ |
| the idea is to do sth The idea is to make more people rich. 其目标是使更多人富裕起来。 |
| have other ideas (=have a different intention) My parents wanted me to be a doctor, but I had other ideas. 另有打算 |
| with the idea of doing sth He had arrived at the school with the idea of starting a band. 他来学校的时候打算要成立一支乐队。 |
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| 4 | C a principle 原则 |
| The policy is based on the idea that some industries need to be protected from market forces. 该项政策所依据的原则是某些产业在市场压力下应当受到保护。 |
| +of I’ m a great believer in the idea of democracy. 我是民主原则的忠实信徒。 |
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| - | get the idea informal
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| to understand something , often something that is not expressed directly |
| 弄明白了，懂了（未直接表述出来的意思） |
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| Okay, I get the idea: you two want to be alone. 行了，我懂了，你们俩想单独在一起。 |
| +(that) I got the idea that he didn’ t want to answer the question. 我明白他不想回答那个问题。 |
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| - | get ideas mainly spoken
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| 1 | to start to believe things that are not true 幻想 | He started to get ideas about his importance to the organization. 他开始幻想自己对该组织的重要性。 | |
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| 2 | to plan something that someone will not like or allow 抱不切实际的想法；妄想 | Don’ t get any ideas about moving in with me. 别妄想搬进来和我一起住。 | |
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| - | get the wrong idea informal
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| to believe something that is not true |
| 产生误解 |
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| I’ ll explain everything to George. I wouldn’ t want him to get the wrong idea. 我会向乔治解释一切。我不想让他产生误解。 |
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| to be fairly certain about something , but not completely certain |
| 略知一二；有些了解 |
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| I had an idea how to proceed, but I wasn’ t confident that I could do it. 我对如何继续进行略知一二，但没把握我能做到。 |
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| - | have the right idea informal
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| if you say that someone has the right idea , you think that what they are doing is right or good |
| 做得对 |
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| - | it’ s a good idea to do sth
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| used giving someone advice about what they should do |
| 应该做某事 |
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| It’ s a good idea to keep the engine running for a while. 应该让引擎运转一会儿。 |
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| - | put ideas into sb’ s head informal
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| to make someone think that they can or should do something , especially something that other people do not approve of |
| 让某人产生某种念头（尤指他人不赞成的念头） |
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| Don’ t talk to Ralph about joining the army, I don’ t want you putting ideas into his head. 别跟拉尔夫谈参军的事，我不想你让他产生此类想法。 |
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| - | that’ s an idea spoken
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| used for saying that you think what someone has suggested is good |
| 这个主意不错 |
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| - | that’ s the idea spoken
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| used for telling someone that they are doing something correctly or well |
| 正是这个意思；对了 |
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| - | where did you get that idea? spoken
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| used for telling someone that what they think is definitely not true |
| 你哪儿来的这种念头？ |
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| Where did he ever get the idea that I was in love with him? 他哪儿来的这种念头，认为我爱上了他？ |
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| - | you have no idea spoken
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| used for emphasizing how bad or good something is |
| 你不知道；你想象不到 |
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| You have no idea how pleased I was to see him. 你不知道要见到他我有多开心。 |
| It can be so difficult living alone, you have no idea. 独自一人生活有多么艰难，你是无法想象的。 |
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| Metaphor | | | | | | An idea or theory is like a building or structure . Developing an idea is like building something, and destroying an idea is like destroying a building. | | 一个想法或理论就像一座建筑（building）或一个框架（structure）。 构思想法就像建造东西，而破坏想法则像破坏建筑一样。 | | Their ideas were based/built on many years of practical experience.他们的理论建立在多年的实践经验之上。
It was a carefully constructed theory.那是个精心构建的理论。
Your accusations are without foundation.你的指控毫无根据。
It proved to be a ground-breaking new idea.结果证明那是个很有突破性的新想法。
It gave us a suitable frame of reference.它给了我们一个恰当的参照框架。
This helped buttress/underpin his arguments.这有力地支持了他的论点。
She completely demolished his argument.她彻底推翻了他的论点。
The theory collapsed/fell apart after he produced new data.该理论在他得出新数据后便瓦解了。
This will help us explode widespread myths about retirement.这将有助于我们揭穿广为散布的有关退休的传言。
| | An idea is also like a plant. Developing an idea is like helping a plant to grow. | | 一个想法也像一株植物（plant）。构思想法如同帮助植物生长一样。 | | The idea grew in her mind until she could think of nothing else.这个主意在她脑子里滋生着，直至别的事儿她一点儿也想不进去。
I had already planted the idea in their minds.我已经在他们头脑中灌输了这种思想。
I had sown the seeds of doubt.我已播下了怀疑的种子。
The idea germinated slowly in his mind.这个想法在他头脑中慢慢萌生出来。
This belief quickly took root.这种信仰迅速生根了。
These beliefs are deep-rooted.这些信仰根深蒂固。
What does this idea stem from?这个想法是从哪儿来的？
She has a fertile imagination.她拥有丰富的想象力。
It was a fruitful line of research.那是成果丰硕的一系列研究。
The work shows evidence of cross-fertilization from many disciplines.这项工作显示出多学科融合的迹象。
| | See also ->achievement | | See also ->argument | | See also ->mind | | | |
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