notionnoun
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- (usually plural) small personal articles or clothing or sewing items
- buttons and needles are notions
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- a general inclusive concept
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- a vague idea in which some confidence is placed
- his impression of her was favorable
- what are your feelings about the crisis?
- it strengthened my belief in his sincerity
- I had a feeling that she was lying
- Synonym: impression feeling belief opinion
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- an odd or fanciful or capricious idea
- the theatrical notion of disguise is associated with disaster in his stories
- he had a whimsy about flying to the moon
- whimsy can be humorous to someone with time to enjoy it
- Synonym: whim whimsy whimsey
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She had only a vague notion of what might happen .
对于可能发生的事她只有一个模糊的概念。
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The very notion of price competition is foreign to many schools
价格竞争这个概念对于许多学校都很陌生。
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They espoused the notion of equal opportunity for all in education .
他们赞同在教育方面人人机会均等的观念。
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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。
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Before I started the job , I had no preconceived notions of what it would be like .
开始做这工作之前，我并未预想过它的实际情况。
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Their relationship turned the standard notion of marriage on its head .
他们的关系完全颠覆了传统的婚姻观念。
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Where he got that singular notion I just can 't think .
我真想不出来他从哪来的那种奇怪念头。
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We each have a notion of just what kind of person we 'd like to be
我们每人都有一个自己想成为什么样的人的想法。
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Some people have the erroneous notion that one can contract AIDS by giving blood
一些人错误地认为献血会让人感染艾滋病。
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I still believe in the notion of an egalitarian society .
我仍然相信构建人人平等的社会的理念。
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It might be considered heresy to suggest such a notion .
提出这样一个观点可能会被视为异端邪说。
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We all start with preconceived notions of what we want from life .
我们开始时都对自己想从生活中得到什么抱有一些预想。
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An employee sold him on the notion that cable was the medium of the future
一名雇员让他认识到有线电视是未来的传播媒介。
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The notion that art should be controlled by intellectuals sickened him
他讨厌艺术应由知识分子所掌控的观点。
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I didn 't want to make things worse by coming up with half-baked notions .
我可不想一拍脑门想出些馊主意而把事情搞得更糟。
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For a time he had toyed with the notion of becoming a doctor .
有一段时间他还不大当真地有过做医生的念头。
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The notions we children were able to form of the great world beyond were exceedingly nebulous
我们这些孩子所能形成的对外部世界的认识是非常模糊的。
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They have always looked askance at the western notion of democracy .
他们一直都怀疑西方的民主观。
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I reject absolutely the notion that privatisation of our industry is now inevitable
我绝对不能接受我们这一产业的私有化目前已成必然的看法。
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This is not a romantic notion but verifiable fact
这不是一个不切实际的念头，而是一个可以证明的事实。
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The President is attempting to dispel the notion that he has neglected the economy .
有人认为总统忽视了经济，总统正试图消除这种看法。
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Good studies are needed to lend credence to the notion that genuine progress can be made in this important field .
需要进行认真的研究，以让人们相信在这一重要领域可以取得真正的进展。
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The notion that blacks comprise a problem is at the core of racist reasoning .
黑人总爱惹事这一观念是种族主义论断的核心。
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At first I scoffed at the notion
刚开始我对那种想法嗤之以鼻。
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I don 't have any romantic notions about having a baby . It 's a really tough job .
我对生孩子并没有抱任何幻想。这的确是件很不容易的事情。
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I 'd had a few notions about being a journalist .
我以前曾有过想当记者的念头。
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Their view of country people was that they like to please strangers . I did not disabuse them of this notion .
他们认为乡下人爱讨好陌生人，对此观点我并未予以纠正。
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He had a sudden notion to visit all his relatives .
他心血来潮，突然想去拜访他所有的亲戚。
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He aired his notions at a public meeting in a newspaper .
开会时他在报纸上陈述了他的观点。
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She has these airy-fairy notions about going about to nature and growing all her own food .
她怀有回归自然，'过自耕自食生活那一套不切实际的空想。'