no·tion·al /ˈnoʃnəl, ʃənḷ/
(a.)概念的,想象的
No·tion·al a.
1. Consisting of, or conveying, notions or ideas; expressing abstract conceptions.
2. Existing in idea only; visionary; whimsical.
Discourses of speculative and notional things. --Evelyn.
3. Given to foolish or visionary expectations; whimsical; fanciful; as, a notional man.
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notional
adj 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" [syn: fanciful, imaginary,
imagined]
3: not based on fact or investigation; "a notional figure of
cost helps in determining production costs"; "speculative
knowledge" [syn: speculative]
4: indulging in or influenced by fancy; "a fanciful mind"; "all
the notional vagaries of childhood" [syn: fanciful]
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"
[syn: conceptional, ideational]