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notional

英 ['nəʊʃ(ə)n(ə)l] 美['noʃənl]
  • adj. 概念性的;想像的;抽象的;不切实际的

英英释意


1. having descriptive value as distinguished from syntactic category;
"sex is a notional category; gender is a syntactic one"
2. not based on fact; dubious;
"the falsehood about some fanciful secret treaties"- F.D.Roosevelt
"a small child's imaginary friends"
"her imagined fame"
"to create a notional world for oneself"
3. not based on fact or investigation;
"a notional figure of cost helps in determining production costs"
"speculative knowledge"
4. indulging in or influenced by fancy;
"a fanciful mind"
"all the notional vagaries of childhood"
5. being (or being of the nature of) a notion or concept;
"a plan abstract and conceptional"
"to improve notional comprehension"
"a notional response to the question"