concept
【概念、观念、思想】
concept 是一个 名词，意思是“概念、观念、思想”，指一个抽象的想法、理论或理解的框架，用来描述或解释某种事物或现象。
1. 词性 & 含义
🔹 concept [ˈkɒnsept] (名词) —— 概念、观念、思想、构想
- 指某个抽象的理念或思想
- The concept of freedom is central to democracy.
（自由的概念是民主的核心。） - His new book challenges traditional concepts of justice.
（他的新书挑战了传统的正义观念。）
- The concept of freedom is central to democracy.
- 指某种理念或设计的初步构想
- The architect presented the concept for the new building.
（建筑师展示了新建筑的设计概念。） - This is just a rough concept, the final design will be more detailed.
（这只是一个粗略的概念，最终设计会更详细。）
- The architect presented the concept for the new building.
2. concept 与 idea 的区别
| 词汇 | 含义 & 用法 | 例句 |
|---|---|---|
| concept | 更正式，通常指抽象的、系统化的理论或观念，具有一定深度 | The concept of love has been explored by philosophers for centuries.（爱情的概念已被哲学家探讨了几个世纪。） |
| idea | 泛指任何想法、观点、计划，常用于日常用语 | I have an idea for a new project.（我有一个新项目的想法。） |
3. 常见短语
- a concept of time：时间观念
- People in different cultures have different concepts of time.
（不同文化中的人们对时间有不同的观念。）
- People in different cultures have different concepts of time.
- the concept of democracy：民主的概念
- The concept of democracy varies from country to country.
（民主的概念因国家而异。）
- The concept of democracy varies from country to country.
- concept development：概念开发
- The team is working on the concept development for the new product.
（团队正在进行新产品的概念开发。）
- The team is working on the concept development for the new product.
4. 总结
- concept = 抽象的思想、理论、观念，通常指一种系统化或哲学性的构想
- idea 比 concept 更普遍、宽泛，指任何想法或计划
- 常用于讨论哲学、理论、设计等更深层次的内容