新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

conceiveIELTS重点词汇

英 [kənˈsiːv]

[VERB]

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VERB. 动词

conceives , conceiving , conceived
1. [I 不及物动词] 想像 , 相信
If you cannot conceive of something, you cannot imagine it or believe it.
双语例句
例：
I just can't even conceive of that quantity of money.
我简直无法想像那样一笔数量的钱。
例：
Western leaders could not conceive of the idea that there might be traitors at high levels in their own governments.
西方的领导人无法相信在他们自己的政府高层中可能有叛徒。
例：
We could not conceive that he might soon be dead.
我们无法相信他可能很快就会死去。
2. [I 不及物动词] 认为
If you conceive something as a particular thing, you consider it to be that thing.
双语例句
例：
The ancients conceived the earth as afloat in water.
古人认为地球漂浮在水里。
例：
We conceive of the family as being in a constant state of change.
我们认为家庭是处于不断变化之中的。
例：
She cannot conceive of herself being anything else but a doctor.
她不认为她会从事除了医生以外的职业。
3. [T 及物动词] 构想出
If you conceive a plan or idea, you think of it and work out how it can be done.
双语例句
例：
She had conceived the idea of a series of novels, each of which would reveal some aspect of Chinese life.
她萌发了一个撰写系列小说的念头，每一部小说都将展现中国人生活的某一方面。
4. [I 不及物动词] 怀（胎） , 怀孕
When a woman conceives a child or conceives, she becomes pregnant.
双语例句
例：
Women, he says, should give up alcohol before they plan to conceive.
他说女人在计划怀孕前应该戒酒。