"pertaining to notions," 1590s, from notion + -al (earlier nocional, late 14c., from Medieval Latin notionalis). Meaning "full of whims" is from 1791. Grammatical sense is from 1928 (Jespersen); economics use is from 1958.
权威例句
1. My calculation is based on notional figures, since the actual figures are not yet available.
因尚无实际数字,我是根据估计的数字计算的.
2. My calculation is based on notional figures, since the actual figures is not yet available.
因尚无实际数字,我是根据估计的数字计算的。
3. A notional figure of cost helps in determining production costs.
有关成本的名义数据有助于确定生产成本.
4. A platform for the product collaborative notional design based on net whiteboard.
一个基于网络电子白板的产品协同概念设计平台.
5. Many intransitive notional verbs plus adjectives form compound predicate sentence patterns.