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【英语词汇】
idea concept conceptionnotion
佳中
这组名词都可表示“概念”、“观念”的意思。
idea 普通用词，含义广泛。可指各种思维活动，除了表示“主意”、“想法”外，还可以表
示“概念”、“观念”。可以代替本组中任何一个词。
1）You cannot impose your ideas on otherpeople.
你不能把你的观点强加与他人。
2）The astronomer presented a new idea of the beginning oftheuniverse.
这位天文学家提出了宇宙起源的新观念。
3）It is an abstract idea: a mere form of words.
它仅仅是一个抽象概念，空洞字眼儿.
4）The objection is bound to be raised that sucha conception is a complete
travesty of the whole idea ofphilosophy.
一定有人提出反对，说这样一种看法是对整个哲学概念的歪曲。
concept正式用词，泛指概念、观念、推想。
1）Truth in advertising is a concept central to the Americanfree market
economic system.
广告的真谛是美国自由市场经济体制核心观念。
2）We find among Greeks’ germinal concepts which are a vitalpart of modern
thought.
我们发现希腊人的许多原始概念是现代思想的重要组成部分。
3）The legal concept of insanity is of a different naturefrom the medical.
精神错乱的法律概念与医学概念在性质上是不同的.
4）M. Planck obtained a successful solution by introducing anadditional concept.
普朗克引入了一种新的概念，成功地解决了这个问题.
conception侧重指观念、概念的形成过程，或指个人或一些人所持有的具体观念和概念。
1）A good novelist needs great powers ofconception.
出色的小说家需要有丰富的想象力。
2）The conception of the book took five minutes, but writingit took a year.
构想那本书只花了五分钟, 而写那本书却用了一年.
3）The phenomena show that some old traditions andconceptions of value will
not be cherished any longer.
这种现象表明一些传统价值观念不再被年轻人珍视了。
4）Subjectively, being matched for marriage is an old feudalconception.
我个人认为，婚姻门当户对是封建的旧观念。
notion语气较弱，指尚未确定的、没有可靠根基的想法或观念。
1）Upon us has come the new economy, which has brought us newnotions about
market, employment andeducation.
新经济给我们带来了新的市场、就业和教育观念。
2）What do you think of the notion thathigh education is essential to either
success orhappiness?
你如何看待高等教育对于成功或幸福是至关重要的观念？
3）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。
4）The notion of achieving change gradually runs deep in Easternculture.
逐步实行改革的概念已深深地在东方文化中扎根。
