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。
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.
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
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。
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
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。
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