conceiving
present participle ofconceive
| 单词 | conceiving |
| 释义 | conceiving present 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
Examplesofconceivingconceiving In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. One counterintuitive result of this model is that parents do not benefit a person byconceivingher. From theCambridge English Corpus Several authors have suggested that the probability ofconceivingmale offspring, p(m), may decline across the fertile period. From theCambridge English Corpus I am notconceivingof a world which would rule out the necessity of divine omnipotence or benevolence. From theCambridge English Corpus It is unclear who isconceivingthe whole and keeping the purpose in mind. From theCambridge English Corpus Large companies from all sectors of the economy startedconceivingof themselves as user companies of services. From theCambridge English Corpus Fortunately, this way ofconceivingof the statutory example is artificial. From theCambridge English Corpus And this way ofconceivingof nature is built into our concept of a miracle. From theCambridge English Corpus In contrast, it does seem that at age 40, thoseconceivingmay have coital rates appreciably higher than other women. From theCambridge English Corpus It will be necessary to find other ways ofconceivingthe links between society and the environment (ecodevelopment). From theCambridge English Corpus Conceivingperfection as being necessarily unsurpassable by any other being in all relevant respects, but self-surpassing on some respects, permits a more religiously acceptable criterion. From theCambridge English Corpus Women pray at naga shrines in hopes ofconceivinga child. From theCambridge English Corpus In the case of impermissible worlds one is notconceivingof ' evil' in different senses. From theCambridge English Corpus And they also of course run an enhanced risk of her bringing shame upon them byconceivingchildren in their house and out of wedlock. From theCambridge English Corpus One fundamental problem in this royal match was the difficulty ofconceivinga marriage between equals. From theCambridge English Corpus People need not only to know about birth control but to want to prevent themselvesconceiving. 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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