英 [aɪˈdɪə] 美 [aɪˈdiːə]
n. 想法，主意；观点，看法；原则，信念；理解，了解；猜想；目标，意图；（柏拉图哲学）理念
复数ideas
idea /aɪˈdɪə/ CET4 TEM4
可数名词 An idea is a plan, suggestion, or possible course of action. 主意; 打算
It's a good idea to have your blood pressure checked regularly.
定期检查你的血压是个好主意。
I really like the idea of helping people.
我非常喜欢帮助他人这个主意。
可数名词 An idea is an opinion or belief about what something is like or should be like. 看法; 信念
Some of his ideas about democracy are entirely his own.
他对民主的一些看法完全是个人的。
单数型名词 If someone gives you an idea of something, they give you information about it without being very exact or giving a lot of detail. 大致的信息
This table will give you some idea of how levels of ability in a foreign language can be measured.
这个表格将告诉你一些如何衡量外语能力级别的大致信息。
单数型名词 If you have an idea of something, you know about it to some extent. (对某事有) 一定的了解
No one has any real idea how much the company will make next year.
没有人真正知道公司明年将赚多少钱。
We had no idea what was happening.
我们不知道正在发生什么。
单数型名词 If you have an idea that something is the case, you think that it may be the case, although you are not certain. 猜想
I had an idea that he joined the army later, after college, but I may be wrong.
我猜想他大学毕业后参了军，不过我也许错了。
单数型名词 The idea of an action or activity is its aim or purpose. 目的
The idea is to get industry to be more efficient in the way it uses energy.
目的是使工业在使用能源的方式上效率更高。
可数名词 If you have the idea of doing something, you intend to do it. 意图
He sent for a number of books he admired with the idea of rereading them.
他订购了许多他赞赏的书，打算再读一遍。
a personal view
he has an idea that we don't like him
an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth
a rough idea how long it would take
同义词： estimate / estimation / approximation
(music) melodic subject of a musical composition
the accompanist picked up the idea and elaborated it
同义词： theme / melodic theme / musical theme
理念-引用次数：2248
The idea of the brand is the soul of the style of the brand.
品牌理念是品牌风格的灵魂。
观念-引用次数：1254
What we should do is to awaken people to the idea.
我们所缺失的是对人们宽恕观念的唤醒。
观念-引用次数：952
Pioneer writer’s idea about language was extremely shallow and frivolous.
先锋作家的语言观念甚为浅薄。
参考来源漩涡
想法-引用次数：13
In this study, an idea that the pressures of points are replaced with the pressures of the panels is presented, and is accurately identified in the POD of a simple model.
本论文提出了用面板风压取代测点风压的想法，在简单模型的POD分析中验证了它的正确性。
主意
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思想
国际资料加密演算法 (international data encryption algorithm)
IDEA语言
理念
...在肯定数学在经济学中的重要作用的同时，更需要指出：经济学不是数学。这里有两层涵义。第一层涵义是，在绝大部分论文中，经济想法(idea)是最重要的，数学和计量方法只是体现和执行经济想法的工具。
专利的申请并不一定要实物出来，只有 主意 （ IDEA ）即可申请，当然前提是此 主意 有一定的可行性和新颖性，同时要求是一个相对完整的方案。
如果没有更新的创见在吃老本儿，那么智力及其产物思想（Idea）的总量变化可能也不大。考虑到人在交往中可以有更多智慧的火花不断迸发出来，所以新思想（Idea）是可以不断产生的，所以“智量守...
... 紫斑蝶属 Euploea 帛斑蝶属 Idea 桦斑蝶属 Danaus ...
This idea is gaining adherents.
这个想法正得到拥护者的支持。
He's dead against the idea.
他坚决反对这个想法。
That's a darned good idea!
这真是绝妙的好主意！
Removal from office would have established the idea that the president could serve only with the approval of Congress.
VOA : special.2010.02.04
It is a transnational idea, in other words, which nevertheless has, obviously, certain specific applications depending on where it is.
这是一个跨国的概念，但是很明显，它也有其明确的地区性。
文学理论导论课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
Well, it's on one hand a very large idea to take in, particularly I think if one's working in a university.
这是一个很大的话题，不容易理解，对于在大学中工作学习的人尤为如此。
人性课程节选 : 普林斯顿公开课
Robert Fulton would say for the rest of his life that he had no idea why he said such a thing.
VOA : special.2009.01.14
The idea is that its removal from the body and purification makes it into something different that can be patented.
VOA : special.2010.04.09
Atari got cold feet, and dropped the idea -- and the game -- before completion.
The idea was that the person who found it would have a fabulous prize.
If you bought that Singapore bond, holding it to maturity might be a bad idea.