conceive /kənˈsiːv/ CET6 TEM4 ( conceiving, conceived, conceives )

• 1. 

  V-T/V-I If you cannot conceive of something, you cannot imagine it or believe it. 想像; 相信 [usu with brd-neg]

  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：

  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. 

  V-T/V-I If you conceive something as a particular thing, you consider it to be that thing. 认为

  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。

• 3. 

  V-T If you conceive a plan or idea, you think of it and work out how it can be done. 构想出

  例：

  She had conceived the idea of a series of novels, each of which would reveal some aspect of Chinese life.

  她已经想出了个关于一个系列小说的主意，每一部都将反映中国人生活的某一方面。

• 4. 

  V-T/V-I When a woman conceives a child or conceives, she becomes pregnant. 怀 (胎); 怀孕

  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。