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单词 conceive
释义
conceive
verb
uk
/kənˈsiːv/us
/kənˈsiːv/

conceiveverb(IMAGINE)

C2[IorT]
toimaginesomething:
想象；想出；构想
Ithinkmyunclestill conceivesofmeasa four-year-old.我觉得我叔叔仍然把我看成是4岁的小孩。
He couldn't conceiveofatimewhen he would have nojob.他不能想象有一天他会没有工作。
[+ question word]I can't conceive(= it is tooshockingtoimagine)howanyone couldbehavesocruelly.我不能想象有人竟然能做出如此残酷的事情。
[+ that]Ifindit hard to conceive(= it is tooshockingtoimagine)thatpeopleare stilltreatedsobadly.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.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Imagining and conceiving
  • assume
  • beyondyourwildest dreamsidiom
  • blue-sky
  • conceivable
  • conceivably
  • guess
  • imagine
  • imputesomethingtosomeone
  • inyourmind's eyeidiom
  • inconceivably
  • lay the foundation(s) of/foridiom
  • look on/uponsomeone/somethingassomething
  • reach
  • regard
  • retheorize
  • revisualization
  • riot
  • run riotidiom
  • theorize
  • throw
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conceiveverb(INVENT)

C2[T]
toinventaplanor anidea:
构想，想出，设想出（计划或主意）
He conceived theplotfor thisfilmwhile he was still astudent.他还是个学生的时候就已经构想出了这部影片的情节。
Theexhibitionwas conceived by the museum'sdirector.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
  • beyondyourwildest dreamsidiom
  • blue-sky
  • conceivable
  • conceivably
  • guess
  • imagine
  • imputesomethingtosomeone
  • inyourmind's eyeidiom
  • inconceivably
  • lay the foundation(s) of/foridiom
  • look on/uponsomeone/somethingassomething
  • reach
  • regard
  • retheorize
  • revisualization
  • riot
  • run riotidiom
  • theorize
  • throw
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conceiveverb(BECOME PREGNANT)

C2[IorT]
tobecomepregnant, or tocauseababytobegintoform:
怀孕；受孕；怀（胎）
Do youknowexactlywhen you conceived?你知道自己怀孕的确切时间吗？
Thebabywas conceived inMarch, so will beborninDecember.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
  • antenatally
  • baby brain
  • broodiness
  • carry
  • child
  • expected
  • miscarriage
  • morning sickness
  • pregnancy
  • pregnant
  • pro-abortion
  • pro-life
  • pudding
  • reconceive
  • right to life
  • spout
  • stretch marks
  • surrogate
  • trouble
  • unborn
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(Definition ofconceivefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

conceive| American Dictionary

conceive
verb
us
/kənˈsiv/

conceiveverb(IMAGINE)

tobringathoughtorideainto being;imagine:
[Ialways+ adv/prep]When theytalkaboutbillionsofdollars, I can’tevenconceive of that muchmoney.
[+ question word]It’s hard to conceive what theworldwill be like a hundredyearsfrom now.

conceiveverb(BECOME PREGNANT)

[I/T]fml
tobecomepregnant, or tocauseababytobegintoform
(Definition ofconceivefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofconceive

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