conception
noun
uk/kənˈsep.ʃən/us/kənˈsep.ʃən/conceptionnoun(IDEA)
C2[CorU]
anideaof what something or someone is like, or abasicunderstandingof asituationor aprinciple:
观念；概念；见解；构想People from differentcultureshave different conceptionsoftheworld.不同文化背景的人对世界持有不同的看法。
She has a conceptionofpeopleas beingbasicallygood.她认为人性本善。
Ithoughtthe book's writing wasdreadful, anditsconception(= theideason which it wasbased)evenworse.我认为这本书写得很差，其构思更是糟糕。
He hasabsolutelynoconceptionofhow asuccessfulbusinessshouldrun.他根本就不知道成功的企业应当如何经营。
Ideas, concepts and theories
- abstract
- afterthought
- anthropocentrism
- anti-Darwinian
- anti-Darwinism
- foundation stone
- great minds think alikeidiom
- hunch
- hypothesis
- idea
- ideologue
- non-practical
- nonconceptual
- nostrum
- opinion
- panspermia
- tenet
- theory
- thinking
- trope
conceptionnoun(BABY)
[U]
theprocessof amaleand afemalesexcelljoiningandcausingababytostarttoform:
受孕，怀孕at/from themomentof conception在／从受孕的那一刻
Obstetrics: processes & stages connected with sexual reproduction
- amniotic
- andropause
- biological clock
- come on
- curse
- dysmenorrhea
- fetal
- impregnate
- menopause
- non-cyclical
- ovulation
- perimenopausal
- perimenopause
- perinatal
- PMS
- post-conception
- premenstrual
- premenstrual syndrome
- pubescent
- someone'sbiological clock is tickingidiom