concept

concept

英 ['kɒnsept]
　　美 ['kɑnsɛpt]

n. 觀念，概念

concept表示“概念”，原來是一種哲學術語，如今用的比較普遍，但是比conception更加書面學理化。

She had no conception of the importance of this job.
如果把conception換做concept，就有點不太準確。I wonder whether birds have the concept of climbing.
在這裡用concept就比conception更加自然。

中文詞源：

concept 概念

con-, 強調。-cept, 詞源同cap, 抓住，理解，詞源同capable. 指形成思想和概念的。

例句：

1. The snowcoach concept in Yellowstone provides low-impact, low-pollution access.
在黃石公園裡使用雪車這一想法，為人們提供瞭一種對環境低影響、低污染的遊覽方式。

2. The concept of the Rose continued to inform the poet's work.
玫瑰的概念持續貫穿於詩人的作品中。

3. The Editor takes a cavalier attitude to the concept of fact checking.
《編輯》雜志對於核對事實這一點采取無所謂的態度。

4. Community radio is a concept which is much more localised.
社區廣播是一個將服務深度局域化的概念。

5. Their concept of a performance and our concept were miles apart.
他們對於表演的理解和我們的大相徑庭。