conceive 英 [kənˈsi:v]   美 [kənˈsiv]

conceive

conceive  英 [kənˈsi:v] 美 [kənˈsiv]

v. 怀孕;构思;构想 

进行时:conceiving  过去式:conceived  过去分词:conceived  第三人称单数:conceives  名词复数:conceives 

He conceived the idea . 他孕育出了这个想法。
God is often conceived of as male. 上帝常常被想像为男性。

  • To conceive is to come up with an idea. If you conceive a plan for your little brother's birthday, you dream up the perfect party, complete with a magician, rented ponies, and a cake shaped like a rocket.
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  • v. 怀孕;构思;构想
  • 1. He conceived the idea .

    他孕育出了这个想法。

  • 2. God is often conceived of as male.

    上帝常常被想像为男性。

  • 3. I cannot conceive that he would wish to harm us.

    我无法想像他会存心伤害我们。

  • 4. She is unable to conceive.

    她不能怀孕。

  • 5. Their first child was conceived on their wedding night.

    他们的第一个小孩是在新婚之夜怀上的。

  • conceive (v.) late 13c., conceiven, "take (seed) into the womb, become pregnant," from stem of Old French conceveir (Modern French concevoir), from Latin concipere (past participle conceptus) "to take in and hold; become pregnant" (source also of Spanish concebir, Portuguese concebre, Italian concepere), from con-, here probably an intensive prefix (see con-), + combining form of capere "to take," from PIE root *kap- "to grasp."
con·ceive AWL WORD FAMILY conceive verb conceivable adjective (≠inconceivable ) conceivably adverb concept noun conception noun conceptual adjective / kənˈsiːv ; NAmE kənˈsiːv / verb 1 [transitive ] ( formal) to form an idea, a plan, etc. in your mind; to imagine sth 想出(主意、计划等);想像;构想;设想 conceivesth He conceived the idea of transforming the old power station into an arts centre. 他想出了把旧发电站改造为艺术中心的主意。 conceiveof sth (as sth) God is often conceived of as male. 上帝常常被想像为男性。 conceive(that)… I cannot conceive (= I do not believe)(that) he would wish to harm us. 我无法想像他会存心伤害我们。 conceivewhat/how, etc… I cannot conceive what it must be like. 我想像不出它会是什么样子。 2 [intransitive ,  transitive ] when a woman conceivesor conceives a child,she becomes pregnant 怀孕;怀胎 She is unable to conceive. 她不能怀孕。 conceivesth Their first child was conceived on their wedding night. 他们的第一个小孩是在新婚之夜怀上的。 see also conception conceive conceives conceived conceiving con·ceive / kənˈsiːv ; NAmE kənˈsiːv /
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