conceive

vt.

构思, 以为, 持有

=imagine,think,have

conceive a hatred 怀恨
conceive prejudices 抱偏见
conceive a child 怀孕
Scientists first conceived the idea of atomic bomb in the 1930s. 20
世纪30年代科学家们初次设想原子弹的计划。
I cannot conceive that he would wish to harm us.
我不能想像他会伤害我们。
It was then that I conceived the notion of running away.
就在那时，我产生了逃跑的念头。

vi.

怀孕, 考虑, 设想...

She was told she couldn't conceive.
她得知自己不能怀孕.
The child was conceived on the night of their wedding.
那孩子是在他们新婚之夜怀上的.

conceive of

I can hardly conceive of your doing such a thing.
我很难想象你会做出这种事情。
I can't conceive of your allowing the child to travel alone.
我想不通你怎么会让孩子独自去旅行。
I cannot conceive of him as a genius.
我不能设想他会是一个天才。

【英英解释】

1.have the idea of

=gestate, conceptualize, conceptualise

2.judge or regard; look upon; judge

=think, believe, consider

【词形变化】

过去分词：conceived
现在分词：conceiving
第三人称单数：conceives
副词：conceivably
形容词：conceivable可想象的;conceited自高自大的

【同根词记忆法】

con-ceive
de-ceive 欺骗
per-ceive 感觉，理解
re-ceive 接收，收到，理解

【名言名句】

Neither can I nor would I want to conceive of an individual that survives his physical death; let feeble souls, from fear or absurd egoism, cherish such thoughts.

——Albert Einstein

我不能也不愿去想象一个人在肉体死亡以后还会继续活着；让那些脆弱的灵魂，由于恐惧或者由于可笑的唯我论，去拿这种思想当宝贝吧！

——阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦【物理学家1879-1955】