1.[c]想法；构思；主意a plan, thought or suggestion, especially about what to do in a particular situation
It would be a good idea to call before we leave.我们出发之前打个电话是个好主意。
I like the idea of living on a boat.我喜欢在船上居住的主意。
He already had an idea for his next novel.他已经构思好了下一部小说。
Her family expected her to go to college, but she had other ideas .她的家人希望她上大学，但她另有打算。
The surprise party was Jane's idea.那次惊喜聚会是简的主意。
It might be an idea(= it would be sensible) to try again later.稍后再试或许是明智的。
We've been toying with the idea of(= thinking about) getting a dog.我们一直有意无意地想着养条狗。
It seemed like a good idea at the time , and then it all went horribly wrong.那在当时似乎是个好主意，但后来却铸成大错。
The latest big idea is to make women more interested in sport.最近的流行思想是促进妇女对体育的兴趣。
2.[u][sing]~ (of sth)印象；概念a picture or an impression in your mind of what sb/sth is like
The brochure should give you a good idea of the hotel.这本小册子详细介绍这家旅馆。
I had some idea of what the job would be like.我对于这份工作有了一些了解。
She doesn't seem to have any idea of what I'm talking about.她对我所说的似乎一点也不懂。
I don't want anyone getting the wrong idea(= getting the wrong impression about sth) .我不希望任何人有所误会。
An evening at home watching TV is not my idea of a good time.晚上待在家里看电视，我不认为是什么赏心乐事。
3.[c]~ (about sth)意见；看法；信念an opinion or a belief about sth
He has some very strange ideas about education.他对教育有些非常奇怪的看法。
4.[sing]~ (that…)（认为某事可能发生的）感觉a feeling that sth is possible
What gave you the idea that he'd be here?是什么让你想到他会来这里？
I have a pretty good idea where I left it─I hope I'm right.我记得很清楚把它落在哪儿了 — 但愿我是对的。
5.[sing]~ of sth/of doing sth目标；意图the aim or purpose of sth
You'll soon get the idea(= understand) .你很快就会明白的。
What's the idea of the game?这个游戏的目的是什么？
As a child growing up in rural Saskatchewan , the idea of a city that seemingly never ended was extraordinary.
对于一个成长在萨斯喀彻温农村的孩子，城市似乎永远是新奇的感念。
Particular attention has focused on celibacy, though many experts dismiss the idea that this could be a direct cause of abuse.
人们将焦点聚集在教会独身的规定上，但是许多专家对这是性侵案产生的直接原因不认同。
I'm not enamored at the idea of him playing a major role all season, but "Minerals" should help hold down the fort as Bynum recovers.
我不同意让他一个赛季都承当次要角色，但是他要在俺猪复原时期开好本人的矿（金矿哦）。
Before reaching closure on any course of action, seek alternatives. Make it a discipline to seek the idea after the "best" idea emerges.
在任何一项工作达标而准备结束之前寻找替代方案。在“最好”的构思出现之后仍要继续寻找，把这做为一条原则。
With every passing year, I realize how much more powerful the idea of computation really is.
每过去一年我都意识到计算的想法是多么的强大。
"I haven't a clue, " I said. We laughed at the idea that we had been speaking as if we knew what we were talking about.
“我也一窍不通”我说。之后两人大笑不已，我们装做很懂的样子聊得热火朝天而实际上两人都不知道自己在说什么。
He said it would be a good idea to try and listen to the beetle larvae stridulating and record it.
他表示，尝试通过聆听幼虫的鸣声并做记录是个不错的办法。
One of my boyhood ambitions was to become a doctor. The headmaster supported the idea. At least I had the handwriting for it.
我小时候的理想是当一名医生，校长也支持我的想法，至少我有当医生的笔迹。
Many lawmakers seemed to support the idea of Clay's compromise. But they could not agree on which parts of it to pass first.
许多立法议员看来都赞成亨利.克莱的妥协案，但他们不同意该妥协案某部分内容先行通过。
Young Mister Smith had an idea for his employer. It was an idea for saving money for the company by increasing prices.
年轻的史密斯先生为老板出了个主意，就是通过提高价格为公司多赚钱。
A modern interpretation of Kun Opera is no doubt provide us with an idea.
昆曲的现代演绎无疑为我们提供了一个思路。
The idea of your being in London, and a vast millionaire, and a colossal celebrity! Why, it's the Arabian Nights come again.
哪儿想得到你居然会到伦敦来，成了这么大的百万富翁，而且是个鼎鼎大名的人物！嗨，这真是《天方夜谭》的奇迹又出现了。
For all that, the private university looks like an idea whose time has finally come in Britain.
尽管如此，私立大学--看起来像一个终于在英国等到了春天的创想。
However, this idea had generated a great deal of opposition at home, where many argue China is still a relatively poor country.
但这种观点引起国内的强烈反对。许多人辩称，中国仍是一个相对贫穷的国家。
Mizrahi did not agree to consider it valid as of the moment it was given to the messenger, and expressed shock at such an idea.
虽然这份协议书不是‘有前提的’，但是米兹拉希坚决不同意考虑这份协议书在交给传信人时生效，并对这个主意表示震惊。
"The Hyatt Regency collapse was an isolated event, " he said about the idea of disaster mental health.
“海地政局的坍塌是一个独立的事件，”他谈论到灾后精神健康的问题时说道。
Good idea. I think you'll like it if you give it a chance.
我相信你一试就会喜欢上它的。
Do not cry? As long for tin live your tears, I don't idea mash for a when my picture.
不哭了？只要能止住你的眼泪，我不介意牺牲一下我的形象。
I wonder if you have any idea how much you meant to me during all that time. . .
我在想，你知不知道在那一段日子里你对于我又多么重要。
Instead, he said, the firm's profitability comes from 'a view and idea on the markets. '
他说，与此相反，公司的盈利能力是来自对市场的洞见。
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