conceptualize
verb[IorT]
formal(UKusuallyconceptualise)uk/kənˈsep.tʃu.ə.laɪz/us/kənˈsep.tʃu.ə.laɪz/toformanideaorprincipleinyourmind:
构想出;(使)形成概念Hearguedthatmoralitycould be conceptualized(=thoughtabout)asaseriesofprinciplesbasedonhumanreason.他争辩说道德可以被看成是基于人类理性基础上的一系列准则。
Synonym
conceive
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
- inyourmind's eyeidiom
- inconceivably
- lay the foundation(s) of/foridiom
- look on/uponsomeone/somethingassomething
- mental image
- reach
- regard
- revisualization
- riot
- run riotidiom
- theorize
- think ofsomething
- throw