单词 | conceive |
释义 | conceive 🄰 vi. 1.(start pregnancy)woman +怀孕;couple +受孕 Women, he says, should give up alcohol before they plan to conceive.他说, “女性在计划怀孕前应戒酒。” About one in six couples has difficulty conceiving.大约六对夫妻中就有一对难以受孕。 2.to conceive of sth (imagine)想象…;设想…;构想… I cannot conceive of how it must feel to win 10 million pounds.我无法想象赢得1,000万英镑会是什么样的心情。 to conceive of doing sth想象做某事;设想做某事 They no longer even conceive of using war or the threat of war to resolve their disagreements.他们甚至不再设想用战争或是战争威胁来解决分歧。 to conceive of sth/sb/yourself as sth认为某人/某物/自己为… I do not conceive of socialism as a fixed set of dogmas.我认为社会主义不是一成不变的教条。 They can't conceive of themselves as ever being wrong.他们永远不会认为自己会出错。 3.to conceive of sth + plan, idea, product构想出…;构思出…;设想… He conceived of the first truly portable computer in 1968.他于1968年构想出了第一台真正可携带的电脑。 The garden was conceived of as an exterior room.花园被设计成一个户外房间。 🄱 vt. 1.(become pregnant with)+ baby怀(胎) A mother who already has non-identical twins is more likely to conceive another set of twins.一个生过异卵双胞胎的母亲更有可能再怀上一对双胞胎。 to be conceived baby +被怀上 The boy had been conceived on their honeymoon in Spain.他们的儿子是在西班牙度蜜月时怀上的。 2.(develop)+ idea, plan, policy构想出;想出;+ love, hatred产生;怀有;抱有 She had conceived the idea of a series of novels.她产生了写系列小说这一想法。 A Prices and Incomes policy was boldly conceived.一个有关物价与收入的政策被大胆地构想出来了。 He has conceived a hatred for them that I didn't think he was capable of.他对他们心怀怨恨, 我原以为他不会这样。 3.(imagine)想象出;认为;相信 He cannot conceive that he could possibly be wrong.他无法想象自己可能会出错。 It is almost impossible to conceive how it happened.几乎无法想象这是怎么发生的。 Can you conceive what it's like to be a parent?你能想象为人父母是什么感觉吗? to conceive sth as sth认为某事物是… Progress was conceived as a staged development from magic to religion to science.人类进步被认为是从魔法到宗教再到科学的分阶段发展过程。 to conceive sth to be sth认为某事物是… These children conceived reading to be more of a meaning-related activity than did the others.这些孩子们把读书看作比其他事更有意义的活动。 |
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