notional
/ˈnəʊʃənəl/adjective
1
- existing only in theory or as a suggestion or idea理论上的; 假设的; 设想的：
notional budgets for hospital and community health services.
医院和社区保健机构的假设预算。
1.1
- existing only in the imagination想象的, 空想的：
Lizzie seemed to vanish into thin air, as if her presence were merely notional.
莉齐似乎消失得全无踪影了, 好像她的存在只是想象出来的。
2
- Linguistics denoting or relating to an approach to grammar which is dependent on the definition of terminology (e.g. 'a verb is a doing word') as opposed to identification of structures and processes【语言学】表意的, 实义的。
3
- (in language teaching) denoting or relating to a syllabus that aims to develop communicative competence（语言教学中的课程设置）旨在培养交际能力的。
派生词
notionally
adverb词源
late Middle English (in the Latin sense)： from obsolete French， or from medieval Latin notionalis 'relating to an idea'， from notio（n-） 'idea' （see NOTION）.