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• idea   /aɪˈdɪə/ DJ   /-ˈdiːə/ DJ US   /aɪ'diə/ KK US
  • noun
    • 想法；构思；主意 a plan, thought or suggestion, especially about what to do in a particular situationcountable ~ (for sth) ~ (of sth) ~ (of doing sth)
      • 我们出发之前打个电话是个好主意。 It would be a good idea to call before we leave.
      • 我喜欢在船上居住的建议。 I like the idea of living on a boat.
      • 他已经构思好了下一部小说。 He already had an idea for his next novel.
      • 她的家人希望她上大学，但她别有打算。 Her family expected her to go to college, but she had other ideas.
      • 那次惊喜聚会是简的主意。 The surprise party was Jane's idea.
      • 稍后再试或许是明智的。 It might be an idea(= it would be sensible)to try again later.spoken
      • 我们一直有意无意地想着弄条狗。 We've been toying with the idea of(= thinking about)getting a dog.
      • 那在当时似乎是个好主意，但后来却铸成大错。 It seemed like a good idea at the time, and then it all went horribly wrong.
      • 最近的流行思想是促进妇女对体育的兴趣。 The latest big idea is to make women more interested in sport.
    • 印象；概念 a picture or an impression in your mind of what somebody/something is likeuncountable singular ~ (of sth)
      • 这本小册子详细介绍这家旅馆。 The brochure should give you a good idea of the hotel.
      • 我对于这份工作有了一些了解。 I had some idea of what the job would be like.
      • 她对我所说的似乎一点也不懂。 She doesn't seem to have any idea of what I'm talking about.
      • 我不希望任何人有所误会。 I don't want anyone getting the wrong idea(= getting the wrong impression about something).
      • 晚上呆在家里看电视，我不认为是什么赏心乐事。 An evening at home watching TV is not my idea of a good time.
    • 意见；看法；信念 an opinion or a belief about somethingcountable ~ (about sth)
      • 他对教育有些非常奇怪的看法。 He has some very strange ideas about education.
    • （认为某事可能发生的）感觉 a feeling that something is possiblesingular ~ (that…)
      • 是什么让你想到他会来这里？ What gave you the idea that he'd be here?
      • 我记得很清楚把它落在哪儿了 但愿我是对的。 I have a pretty good idea where I left it─I hope I'm right.
    • 目标；意图 the aim or purpose of somethingsingular ~ of sth/of doing sth
      • 你很快就会明白的。 You'll soon get the idea(= understand).
      • 这个游戏的目的是什么？ What's the idea of the game?
      • 这一切都是为了什么？ What's the idea of all this?
      • Alternate:
        the idea
    • Idiom:
      give somebody ideas;   put ideas into somebody's head
      • 使某人抱有空想（或做不切实际的事） to give somebody hopes about something that may not be possible or likely; to make somebody act or think in an unreasonable way
        • 是谁一直在让他想入非非的？ Who's been putting ideas into his head?
    • Idiom:
      have no idea spoken;   not have the faintest, first, etc. idea spoken
      • 丝毫不知道 used to emphasize that you do not know something
        • “她在讲什么？”“我一点也不了解。” ‘What's she talking about?’ ‘I've no idea.’
        • 他根本不懂得人事管理。 He hasn't the faintest idea how to manage people.
    • Idiom:
      have the right idea
      • 找到好的（或成功的）方式；找对路 to have found a very good or successful way of living, doing something, etc.
        • 他真的想通了 打算在 55 岁时退休。 He's certainly got the right idea─retiring at 55.
    • Idiom:
      That's an idea! spoken
      • 好主意！ used to reply in a positive way to a suggestion that somebody has made
        • 嘿，好主意！而且我们还可以找支乐队。 Hey, that's an idea! And we could get a band, as well.
    • Idiom:
      That's the idea! spoken
      • 干得好；做得对 used to encourage people and to tell them that they are doing something right
        • 对啦！你做得不错。 That's the idea! You're doing fine.
    • Idiom:
      You have no idea… spoken
      • 你难以想像… used to show that something is hard for somebody else to imagine
        • 你难以想像今晚的交通有多拥挤。 You've no idea how much traffic there was tonight.
    • See also:
      buck your ideas up

English dictionary

• i·de·a
  • A thought or suggestion as to a possible course of action
  • A concept or mental impression
  • An opinion or belief

Related phrases

• IDEA
  International Anti-Drug Enforcement Association 国际反毒品(法)实施协会
• not have the faintest (idea)
  完全不知道
• not have the foggiest (idea)
  完全不知道；一无所知；茫无头绪
• have no idea,  not have the faintest, first, etc. idea
  丝毫不知道
• have the right idea
  找到好的（或成功的）方式；找对路
• That's an idea!
  好主意！
• That's the idea!
  干得好；做得对
• You have no idea…
  你难以想像…

Related languages

• idea is also a word in: suomi,  Italiano,  español,  česky

Synonyms

• noun: notion, thought, conception, concept, opinion, view, mind, intention, design, plan

Web translations

Usage examples

• "I think that putting the screw in is probably the best idea," Pedroia said. "It's a 90 percent chance that I heal, that that bone heals. I don't want to get January and go through my workouts and not feel good and then I miss some of next...
  Sep 2, 2010 -  Dustin Pedroia -  MLB.com
• "We can not tolerate in any sense the idea that this country is allowed to look both ways and is able, in any way, to promote the export of terror, whether to India or whether to Afghanistan or anywhere else in the world", Cameron told a...
  Sep 2, 2010 -  David Cameron -  Chandigarh Tribune
• "I had no idea what my opponent played like," Williams said afterward, but apparently it didn't matter, and she accumulated a 29-5 advantage in winners while her injured sister Serena watched from the stands.
  Sep 3, 2010 -  Venus Williams -  Toronto Star

Web definitions

• • the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about; "it was not a good idea"; "the thought never entered my mind"
    
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• • mind: your intention; what you intend to do; "he had in mind to see his old teacher"; "the idea of the game is to capture all the pieces"
    
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• • a personal view; "he has an idea that we don't like him"
    
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