conceive
verb OPAL W
/kənˈsiːv/
/kənˈsiːv/
Word Family
- conceive verb
- conceivable adjective (≠ inconceivable)
- conceivably adverb
- concept noun
- conception noun
- conceptual adjective
动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they conceive | /kənˈsiːv/ /kənˈsiːv/ |
| he / she / it conceives | /kənˈsiːvz/ /kənˈsiːvz/ |
| past simple conceived | /kənˈsiːvd/ /kənˈsiːvd/ |
| past participle conceived | /kənˈsiːvd/ /kənˈsiːvd/ |
| -ing form conceiving | /kənˈsiːvɪŋ/ /kənˈsiːvɪŋ/ |
- [transitive] conceive something (formal) to form an idea, a plan, etc. in your mind
想出（主意、计划等）；想象；构想；设想 - 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。 - The dam project was originally conceived in 1977.
该水坝工程最初构想于 1977 年。
- They conceived of a theory and stuck to it.
他们构想出一个理论并为之坚持下去。 - The course is very broadly conceived.
这门课程涵盖的范围很广。 - The plan was brilliantly conceived.
这个计划设计得很高明。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- brilliantly
- carefully
- well
- …
- cannot
- be difficult to
- be impossible to
- …
- of
- He conceived the idea of transforming the old power station into an arts centre.
- [transitive] (often used in negative sentences
常用于否定句 想出（主意、计划等）；想象；构想；设想 - conceive of somebody/something (as something) God is often conceived of as male.
上帝常常被想象为男性。 - conceive (that)… I cannot conceive (= I do not believe) (that) he would wish to harm us.
我无法想象他会存心伤害我们。 - conceive what/how, etc… I cannot conceive what it must be like.
我想象不出它会是什么样子。
- It is difficult to conceive of a society without money.
很难想象一个没有货币的社会会是什么样。 - I cannot conceive why you paid out so much money.
我不能理解你为什么付了这么多钱。 - We conceive of ourselves as individuals.
我们把自己看成独立的个体。
- conceive of somebody/something (as something) God is often conceived of as male.
- [intransitive, transitive] when a woman conceives or conceives a child, she becomes pregnant
怀孕；怀胎 - She is unable to conceive.
她不能怀孕。 - conceive somebody 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。 - She was unable to conceive a child naturally and was offered fertility treatment.
她因不能自然怀孕而接受不孕治疗。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- naturally
- immaculately
- be able to
- be unable to
see also conception - She is unable to conceive.
词源Middle English: from Old French concevoir, from Latin concipere, from com- ‘together’ + capere ‘take’.