資料來源 : pyDict
意見,看法;評價;專業方面的鑒定或勸告
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Opinion \O*pin"ion\, n. [F., from L. opinio. See {Opine}.]
1. That which is opined; a notion or conviction founded on
probable evidence; belief stronger than impression, less
strong than positive knowledge; settled judgment in regard
to any point of knowledge or action.
Opinion is when the assent of the understanding is
so far gained by evidence of probability, that it
rather inclines to one persussion than to another,
yet not without a mixture of incertainty or
doubting. --Sir M. Hale.
I can not put off my opinion so easily. --Shak.
2. The judgment or sentiment which the mind forms of persons
or things; estimation.
I have bought golden opinions from all sorts of
people. --Shak.
Friendship . . . gives a man a peculiar right and
claim to the good opinion of his friend. --South.
However, I have no opinion of those things. --Bacon.
3. Favorable estimation; hence, consideration; reputation;
fame; public sentiment or esteem. [Obs.]
Thou hast redeemed thy lost opinion. --Shak.
This gained Agricola much opinion, who . . . had
made such early progress into laborious . . .
enterprises. --Milton.
4. Obstinacy in holding to one's belief or impression;
opiniativeness; conceitedness. [Obs.] --Shak.
5. (Law.) The formal decision, or expression of views, of a
judge, an umpire, a counselor, or other party officially
called upon to consider and decide upon a matter or point
submitted.
{To be of opinion}, to think; to judge.
{To hold opinion with}, to agree with. [Obs.] --Shak.
Syn: Sentiment; notion; persuasion; idea; view; estimation.
See {Sentiment}.
Opinion \O*pin"ion\, v. t.
To opine. [Obs.]
資料來源 : WordNet®
opinion
n 1: a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof
or certainty; "my opinion differs from yours"; "what are
your thoughts on Haiti?" [syn: {sentiment}, {persuasion},
{view}, {thought}]
2: a belief or sentiment shared by most people; the voice of
the people; "he asked for a poll of public opinion" [syn:
{public opinion}, {popular opinion}, {vox populi}]
3: a message expressing a belief about something; the
expression of a belief that is held with confidence but
not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof; "his
opinions appeared frequently on the editorial page" [syn:
{view}]
4: the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial
decision; "opinions are usually written by a single judge"
[syn: {legal opinion}, {judgment}, {judgement}]
5: the reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the
decision itself) [syn: {ruling}]
6: a vague idea in which some confidence is placed; "his
impression of her was favorable"; "what are your feelings
about the crisis?"; "it strengthened my belief in his
sincerity"; "I had a feeling that she was lying" [syn: {impression},
{feeling}, {belief}, {notion}]