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词汇 conceiving
释义 conceiving
present participle ofconceive
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
fertility
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
fertility
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
baby brain
baby bump
baby weight
be in the pudding clubidiom
bun
expectant
in vitro fertilization
lactate
parental leave
post-conception
preeclampsia
preggers
pregnancy
pregnant
prenatally
preterm
umbilical cord

Examples of conceiving


conceiving

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.


One counterintuitive result of this model is that parents do not benefit a person by conceiving her.
Several authors have suggested that the probability of conceiving male offspring, p(m), may decline across the fertile period.
I am not conceiving of a world which would rule out the necessity of divine omnipotence or benevolence.
It is unclear who is conceiving the whole and keeping the purpose in mind.
Large companies from all sectors of the economy started conceiving of themselves as user companies of services.
Fortunately, this way of conceiving of the statutory example is artificial.
And this way of conceiving of nature is built into our concept of a miracle.
In contrast, it does seem that at age 40, those conceiving may have coital rates appreciably higher than other women.
It will be necessary to find other ways of conceiving the links between society and the environment (ecodevelopment).
Conceiving perfection as being necessarily unsurpassable by any other being in all relevant respects, but self-surpassing on some respects, permits a more religiously acceptable criterion.
Women pray at naga shrines in hopes of conceiving a child.
In the case of impermissible worlds one is not conceiving of ' evil' in different senses.
And they also of course run an enhanced risk of her bringing shame upon them by conceiving children in their house and out of wedlock.
One fundamental problem in this royal match was the difficulty of conceiving a marriage between equals.
People need not only to know about birth control but to want to prevent themselves conceiving.
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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