名词

念头;想法;主意

The thought of Nick made her throat tighten. 一想到尼克，她的喉咙就发紧。

He pushed the thought from his mind.他抛开心头这个想法。

I've just had a thought. 我刚刚有了个主意。

心思;思想

I jumped to my feet so my thoughts wouldn't start to wander.我跳起来，免得走神。

Usually at this time our thoughts are on Christmas.通常在这种时候，我们的心思全放在了圣诞节上。

If he wasn't there physically, he was always in herthoughts. 就算他人不在那儿，他也总在她的心里。

观点，看法

Many of you have written to us to express your thoughts onthe conflict.你们中有许多人给我们来信，表达对冲突的看法。

斟酌;沉思

Alice had been so deep in thought that she had walked pasther car without even seeing it.艾丽斯考虑问题入了神，连走过自己的车都没看见。

He had given some thought to what she had told him.他认真考虑了她对他说过的话。

After much thought I decided to end my marriage. 经过慎重考虑，我决定结束我的婚姻。

意图;希望;理由

Sarah's first thought was to run back and get Max.萨拉首先想到的就是跑回去把马克斯叫来。

They had no thought of surrender.他们没有想过要投降。

Morris has now banished all thoughts of retirement. 莫里斯现在已经打消了退休的所有念头。

关心，善意，帮助(尤用于感谢或表达钦佩之情)

'Would you like to move into the ward?' — 'A kind thought,but no, thank you.'

“你想不想挪到病房里来？”——“哦，您太好心了，不用了，谢谢。”

'She has given them this seven hundred pounds.' — 'What alovely thought.'

“她给了他们这 700 英镑。”——“太慷慨了。”

(宗教、哲学、科学、政党等的)思想体系，观念体系

Aristotle's scientific theories dominated Western thoughtfor fifteen hundred years.亚里士多德的科学理论统治了西方思想达 1,500 年。

This school of thought argues that depression is besttreated by drugs.这一学派主张抑郁症最好用药物治疗。

同义词辨析

idea, concept, conception, thought, notion, impression这些名词均有"思想，观点，观念"之意。

idea：最普通常用词，几乎适用于任何方面的思维活动。

concept：指从众多实例中通过概括、归纳而形成的对事物本质、全貌及其内部联系的概念或看法。

conception：通常指个人或一些人所持有的具体概念或念头，也可指概念的形成过程，含一定的想象和感情色彩意味。

thought：指以推理、思考等智力活动为基础的心理思维活动及其结果。

notion：指的是一种模糊的，变化的莫测的想法，无可靠的基础，未经深思熟虑的观点。

impression：指外部刺激在思想中所产生的印象。