0 an idea of what something or someone is like, or a basic understanding of a situation or a principle -- 观念；概念；见解；构想
People from different cultures have different conceptions of the world. 不同文化背景的人对世界持有不同的看法。
She has a conception of people as being basically good. 她认为人性本善。
I thought the book's writing was dreadful, and its conception (= the ideas on which it was based) even worse. 我认为这本书写得很差，其构思更是糟糕。
He has absolutely no conception of how a successful business should run. 他根本就不知道成功的企业应当如何经营。
1 the process of a male and a female sex cell joining and causing a baby to start to form -- 受孕，怀孕
at/from the moment of conception 在／从受孕的那一刻
