idea

idea
noun

a thought or suggestion as to a possible course of action
想法，主意，念头
they don't think it's a very good idea.
他们觉得这不是个好主意。
■[in sing.]a concept or mental impression
概念，印象
our menu list will give you some idea of how interesting a low-fat diet can be.
我们的菜单会让你知道低脂肪食谱是多么有意思。
■an opinion or belief
看法，观念
nineteenth-century ideas about drinking.
19世纪有关饮酒的观念。
■[in sing.]a feeling that something is probable or possible
猜想，猜测
he had an idea that she must feel the same.
他有种猜测，觉得她一定有同感。
(the idea)the aim or purpose
目标，目的
I took a job with the idea of getting some money together.
我找了份工作，目的是攒下点钱。
(Philosophy)(in Platonic thought) an eternally existing pattern of which individual things in any class are imperfect copies
(哲)（柏拉图哲学）相（一种永存模式，在此模式内任何类别中的单个事物皆为有缺陷的摹本）
■(in Kantian thought) a concept of pure reason, not empirically based in experience
（康德哲学）（非经验性的）理念，观念

常用词组
get (或give someone) ideas

(informal)become (or make someone) ambitious, big-headed, or tempted to do something against someone else's will, especially make a sexual advance
(非正式)开始有野心，变得自负；引诱某人做违背意愿的事（尤指提出性要求）
MacDougall began to get ideas above his station.
麦克杜格尔开始有了超出自己地位的野心。

have (got) no idea

(informal)not know at all
(非正式)一无所知，完全不知道
she had no idea where she was going.
她完全不知道自己要去哪里。

not someone's idea of

(informal)not what someone regards as
(非正式)并非如某人所想
it's not my idea of a happy ending.
这并非我以为的大团圆结局。

put ideas into someone's head

suggest ambitions or thoughts that a person would not otherwise have had
使某人存奢望，令某人作他想

that's an idea

that's the idea

(informal)used to confirm to someone that they have understood something or they are doing something correctly
(非正式)对了，就是这样
‘A sort of bodyguard?’ ‘That's the idea.’.
“是保镖什么的吗？”“对了。”。

the very idea!

语源

late Middle English (in sense 3): via Latin from Greek idea 'form, pattern', from the base of idein 'to see'

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