idea

idea

英 [aɪ'dɪə]
　　美 [aɪ'diə]

n. 想法；主意；概念

n.(名詞)idea的基本意思是“想法,主意”,用作可數名詞。idea也可用於學術方面,指“思想”“概念”。idea還可作“知道,瞭解”解。用於後兩項意思時,既可用作不可數名詞,也可用作可數名詞。idea後常接介詞“of+名詞、代詞、動名詞或疑問詞從句”作定語,也可直接接that從句作定語。

中文詞源：

idea 主意，想法

來自拉丁語idea,想象，想法，想象中的上帝的模樣，來自PIE*weid,看，字母w脫落，詞源同video,evident.引申詞義看，幻想，現用於指主意，想法。

例句：

1. I have a fair idea of how difficult things can be.
我大致瞭解情況會有多困難。

2. They have only a vague idea of the amount of water available.
他們隻是大概知道可用水的總量。

3. Professor Baker is unacquainted with the idea of representative democracy.
貝克教授並不熟悉“代議制民主”這一思想。

4. The police told me. It was a bombshell. I had no idea.
是警察告訴我的。我很震驚，完全沒想到。

5. "I told you Preskel had no idea," remarked Kemp with some asperity.
“我告訴過你普雷斯克毫不知情的，”肯普頗為不耐煩地說道。