opinion

英 [?'p?nj?n] 美[?'p?nj?n]

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復數:?opinions;

opinion 意見，看法

來自拉丁語opinari,發表觀點，表達意思，來自PIE*op,選擇，分辨，詞源同option.

opinion: opinion: [13] Opinion comes via Old French from Latin opīniō, a derivative of opīnārī ‘think’. It is not certain where this came from, although some have linked it with Latin optāre ‘choose’, source of English adopt [16], co-opt [17], opt [19], and option [17].
=> adopt, opt, option
opinion (n.): c. 1300, from Old French opinion "opinion, view, judgements founded upon probabilities" (12c.), from Latin opinionem (nominative opinio) "opinion, conjecture, fancy, belief, what one thinks; appreciation, esteem," from stem of opinari "think, judge, suppose, opine," from PIE *op- (2) "to choose" (see option).
Where there is much desire to learn, there of necessity will be much arguing, much writing, many opinions; for opinion in good men is but knowledge in the making. [Milton, "Areopagitica"]

2. He will have been heartened by the telephone opinion poll published yesterday.: 他會為昨天公布的電話民意調查結果感到鼓舞。

3. The result reflects a modest rightward shift in opinion.: 結果顯示輿論出現一定程度的右傾。

4. Congress as an institution scores low in public opinion polls.: 作為一個公共機構，國會在公眾民意調查中得分很低。

5. Frank is of the opinion that the 1934 yacht should have won.: 弗蘭克認為本該是那艘1934年的帆船獲勝。