conceive是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 to imagine something -- 想像；想出；構想

  • I think my uncle still conceives of me as a four-year-old. 我覺得我叔叔仍然把我看成是四歲的小孩。

  • He couldn't conceive of a time when he would have no job. 他不能想像有一天他會沒有工作。

  • [ + question word ] I can't conceive (= it is too shocking to imagine) how anyone could behave so cruelly. 我不能想像有人竟然能做出如此殘酷的事情。

  • [ + that ] I find it hard to conceive (= it is too shocking to imagine) that people are still treated so badly. 人們竟然還受著那樣的虐待，實在令我難以想像。

• 1 to invent a plan or an idea -- 構想，想出，設想出（計劃或主意）

  • He conceived the plot for this film while he was still a student. 他還是個學生的時候就已經構想出了這部影片的情節。

  • The exhibition was conceived by the museum's director. 這次展覽是由博物館館長構思設計的。

• 2 to become pregnant, or to cause a baby to begin to form -- 懷孕；受孕；懷（胎）

  • Do you know exactly when you conceived? 你知道自己懷孕的確切時間嗎？

  • The baby was conceived in March, so will be born in December. 這孩子是3月份懷上的，所以會在12月出生。