| 单词 | general opinion | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasgeneral opinion  b.  With specifying adjective, as  common opinion,  general opinion,  vulgar opinion, etc. A judgement, belief, or conviction held by the majority of or many people; what is generally thought about something. public opinion: see public opinion n. at public adj. and n. Compounds 1b.See also opinion poll n.,  opinion survey n. at  Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > opinion held by group > 			[noun]		 > public opinion common opinionc1390 vox populic1547 public opinion1615 crowda1628 vulgar opiniona1699 vox pop1735 vox pop1953 c1390    G. Chaucer Pardoner's Tale 601  				If that a prynce vseth hasardrye..He is as by commune opynyoun Yholde the lasse. ?c1450    Life St. Cuthbert 		(1891)	 743 (MED)  				Þe comoun opynyon and tellyng..scottys men..say þat many myracles..God schewed be him. 1494    Loutfut MS f. 33v, in  Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Opinioun(e  				Eftir the opinion wlgair he [sc. the tench] hantez. c1500						 (?a1475)						    Assembly of Gods 		(1896)	 1739  				From Adam to Moyses, was idolatry Thorow the world vsyd in comon opynyoun. a1538    A. Abell Roit or Quheill of Tyme f. 6, in  Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Opinioun(e  				And..he..slew hir eftir the common opunȝone. 1601    B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor  v. i. sig. M  				You see, How abiectly your Poetry is ranckt, in generall opinion .       View more context for this quotation 1658    Sir T. Browne Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall iv. 57  				Mourning without hope, they had an happy fraud against excessive lamentation, by a common opinion that deep sorrows disturbed their ghosts. a1699    W. Temple Ess. Pop. Discontents in  Wks. 		(1731)	 I. 258  				Nothing is so easily cheated, nor so commonly mistaken, as vulgar Opinion. 1735    Visct. Bolingbroke Diss. upon Parties 		(ed. 2)	 Ded. p. xxxi  				Let them stand, or fall in the publick Opinion, according to their Merit. 1763    Ld. Chesterfield Let. to Duke of Newcastle in  Lett. 		(1845)	 II. 463  				The public opinion put him below his level: for though he had no..eminent talents, he had a most indefatigable industry, a perseverance. 1792    T. Paine Rights of Man: Pt. Second v. 170  				When such a time, from the general opinion of the nation, shall arrive. 1801    T. Jefferson in  G. Tucker Life 		(1837)	 II. 101  				The mighty wave of public opinion which has rolled over our republic. 1871    Daily News 20 Apr. 5  				That is a question..in which ‘general opinion must assume the ultimate arbitrement’. 1892    Pall Mall Gaz. 29 Nov. 5/1  				When the court has pronounced its decision, then let it be freely commented upon; but until then parties must not attempt to influence public opinion. 1915    W. S. Maugham Of Human Bondage xcvii. 513  				Someone suggested that, if the war went on,..they would be glad to take anyone who was qualified; but the general opinion was that it would be over in a month. 1939    G. Gallup 		(title)	  				Public opinion in a democracy. 1983    J. Barzun Stroll with W. James 2  				Professional opinion was divided about what he really meant. 2002    Times 2 Jan.  i. 4/3  				Experts say that public opinion in all three countries will inevitably be influenced. < as lemmas  | 
	
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