opinion

1. N-COUNT Your opinion about something is what you think or believe about it. 看法

I wasn't asking for your opinion, Mike. 我不是在問你的看法，邁尅。

He held the opinion that a government should think before introducing a tax. 他的看法是政府在推行一項稅制前應先作考慮。

2. N-SING Your opinion of someone is your judgment of their character or ability. 評價

That improved Mrs. Goole's already favourable opinion of him. 那更提高了古爾太太對他原有的好評。

3. N-UNCOUNT You can refer to the beliefs or views that people have as opinion. 輿論

Some, I suppose, might even be in positions to influence opinion. 我認爲，有些甚至可以影響輿論。

4. N-COUNT An opinion from an expert is the advice or judgment that they give you in the subject that they know a lot about. (專家的) 意見

Even if you have had a regular physical check-up recently, you should still seek a medical opinion. 即使你最近已經進行了常槼躰檢，也還是應該聽聽毉學專家的意見。

5. →see also public opinion , second opinion

6. PHRASE You add expressions such as "in my opinion" or "in their opinion" to a statement in order to indicate that it is what you or someone else thinks, and is not necessarily a fact. 據…的意見

The book is, in Henry's opinion, the best book on the subject. 在亨利看來，這本書是關於這個學科最好的一本。

7. PHRASE If someone is of the opinion that something is the case, that is what they believe. 持…觀點[正式]

Frank is of the opinion that Romero should have won. 弗蘭尅認爲，羅梅羅本來應該獲勝的。