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词汇 conceive
释义 conceive
verb
uk /kənˈsiːv/ us /kənˈsiːv/

conceiveverb (IMAGINE)


C2[ I or T ]
to imagine something: 想象,设想
I think my uncle still conceives of me as a four-year-old.我觉得我叔叔仍然把我看成是4岁的小孩。
He couldn't conceive of a time when he would have no job.他不能想象有一天他会没有工作。
[ + question word ]I can't conceive (= it is too shocking to imagine)how anyone could behave so cruelly.我不能想象有人竟然能做出如此残酷的事情。
[ + that ]I find it hard to conceive (= it is too shocking to imagine)that people are still treated so badly.我觉得难以想象人们竟然还受着那样的虐待。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

to imagine something
imagineYou can just imagine her storing up these anecdotes for her dinner parties.
think ofI want you to think of a time when you felt happy.
pictureCan you picture yourself at the age of 60 doing what you do now?
pictureWhen I say 'your car' you have a picture of that in your head.
in your mind's eyeIn my mind's eye, I'm still a uni student and not a middle-aged worker.
conceiveI can't conceive why anyone would want to hurt her.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Imagining and conceiving
assume
beyond your wildest dreamsidiom
blue-sky
cognitive map
conceivable
fancy
guess
imagine
impute something to someone
in your mind's eyeidiom
inconceivably
lay the foundation(s) of/foridiom
look on/upon someone/something as something
regard
reimagine
retheorization
retheorize
revisualization
riot
throw

conceiveverb (INVENT)


C2[ T ]
to invent a plan or an idea: 构想,想出,设想出(计划或主意)
He conceived the plot for this film while he was still a student.他还是个学生的时候就已经构想出了这部影片的情节。
The exhibition was conceived by the museum's director.这次展览是由博物馆馆长构思设计的。
Related word
concept
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Imagining and conceiving
assume
beyond your wildest dreamsidiom
blue-sky
cognitive map
conceivable
fancy
guess
imagine
impute something to someone
in your mind's eyeidiom
inconceivably
lay the foundation(s) of/foridiom
look on/upon someone/something as something
regard
reimagine
retheorization
retheorize
revisualization
riot
throw

conceiveverb (BECOME PREGNANT)


C2[ I or T ]
to become pregnant, or to cause a baby to begin to form: 怀孕;受孕;怀(胎)
Do you know exactly when you conceived?你知道自己怀孕的确切时间吗?
The baby was conceived in March, so will be born in December.这孩子是3月份怀上的,所以会在12月出生。
Related word
conception(BABY)
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Obstetrics: pregnancy
amnio
antenatally
anti-abortion
artificial insemination
baby brain
baby bump
baby weight
bun
expectant
have a bun in the ovenidiom
lactate
maternity
maternity leave
parental leave
placentation
post-conception
preeclampsia
preggers
prenatally
umbilical cord

conceive | American Dictionary


conceive
verb
us/kənˈsiv/

conceiveverb (IMAGINE)


to bring a thought or idea into being; imagine:
[ Ialways+ adv/prep ]When they talk about billions of dollars, I can’t even conceive of that much money.
[ + question word ]It’s hard to conceive what the world will be like a hundred years from now.

conceiveverb (BECOME PREGNANT)


[ I/T ]fml
to become pregnant, or to cause a baby to begin to form

Examples of conceive


conceive
Hence, it is difficult to explain why players would conceive of the simultaneous move game in sequential terms.
Again, it is difficult to conceive of an explanation of this replay of activity patterns that does not involve memory consolidation, transfer, or integration.
In the first instance, it is difficult to conceive what might motivate such random substitutions.
This was conceived around euthymia, an absence of affective symptoms.
These trajectories can be conceived as frames of references indicating the nature of the change to be expected.
As we conceive it, the problem concerns certain properties that are represented by the human visual system and those of a variety of other animals.
The profound differences among the religious traditions are due to the different ways in which the transcendent reality is experienced and conceived in human life.
Then, a new structure was conceived in order to lessen the disadvantages of the earlier structure.
Consequently, the design space will have to be conceived as a multilevel, possibly multidimensional construct.
While no moving or running devices were considered, it was realized that an almost endless variety of fixed devices could be conceived.
Monocular observation through a physical or even notional intersecting plane is thus conceived as relatively 'constructed' by the geometric formula.
Nevertheless, when it is economically conceived in this simplicity, "labor" is as modern a category as are the relations which create this simple abstraction.
It is an elegant argument, clearly conceived and well-written.
Taxonomies lend themselves as natural starting points in explaining ontologies as they can be easily conceived as a sort of lightweight ontology.
I also conceived that the principle of broken up light playing on a photo-electric cell would be the best means of making it practical.
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