conceived
past simple and past participle ofconceive
| 单词 | conceived |
| 释义 | conceived past simple and past participle ofconceive conceive verb uk/kənˈsiːv/us/kənˈsiːv/conceiveverb(IMAGINE)C2[IorT] toimaginesomething: Ithinkmyunclestill conceivesofmeasa four-year-old. He couldn't conceiveofatimewhen he would have nojob. [+ question word]I can't conceive(= it is tooshockingtoimagine)howanyone couldbehavesocruelly. [+ that]Ifindit hard to conceive(= it is tooshockingtoimagine)thatpeopleare stilltreatedsobadly. to imagine something
Imagining and conceiving
conceiveverb(INVENT)C2[T] toinventaplanor anidea: He conceived theplotfor thisfilmwhile he was still astudent. Theexhibitionwas conceived by the museum'sdirector. Imagining and conceiving
conceiveverb(BECOME PREGNANT)C2[IorT] tobecomepregnant, or tocauseababytobegintoform: Do youknowexactlywhen you conceived? Thebabywas conceived inMarch, so will beborninDecember. Obstetrics: pregnancy
Examplesofconceivedconceived In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. It can be hard to be a dissenter in the midst of a warconceivedof as unconditional. From theCambridge English Corpus If the cognitive realm isconceivedfrom the point of view of one conceptual scheme, then different views appear as mistakes. From theCambridge English Corpus The magazine initiallyconceivedof the adolescent reader as simply a younger version of her elders. From theCambridge English Corpus They wereconceivedby in-vitro fertilisation, which may be of aetiological importance, or merely coincidental. From theCambridge English Corpus Changes which appear throughout time areconceivedas transformations of original notions in new cultural contexts. From theCambridge English Corpus Correspondingly, ethics isconceivedof as being part and parcel of the effectiveness research with technology (17). From theCambridge English Corpus Having beenconceivedand written independently, even though more or less simultaneously, they demonstrate contrasting visions of how to deal with their subject. From theCambridge English Corpus As a consequence, the training platform isconceivedboth as a tool for professionals and for individual patient training. From theCambridge English Corpus She spells out that these objects should beconceivedof neither as instruments nor commodities. From theCambridge English Corpus It isconceivedas an investigation of ways in which par ticipants mentally model varieties of communicative behaviors. From theCambridge English Corpus Society isconceivedas a huge and intricate clockwork that functions automatically and predictably once it has been set in motion. From theCambridge English Corpus It stresses the way in which theyconceivedof history and shows how and why they emphasized the irrelevance, even the danger, of classical comparisons. From theCambridge English Corpus It completely changed the way music wasconceivedand composed. From theCambridge English Corpus In fact, the gates have beenconceivedin terms of squares and golden-section rectangles in a variety of combinations. From theCambridge English Corpus Besides, the dynamic exploitation of this knowledge is made possible by means of speciallyconceiveddeduction mechanisms. From theCambridge English Corpus 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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