conceive

vt.

構思, 以為, 持有

=imagine,think,have

conceive a hatred 懷恨
conceive prejudices 抱偏見
conceive a child 懷孕
Scientists first conceived the idea of atomic bomb in the 1930s. 20
世紀30年代科學家們初次設想原子彈的計劃。
I cannot conceive that he would wish to harm us.
我不能想像他會傷害我們。
It was then that I conceived the notion of running away.
就在那時，我產生了逃跑的念頭。

vi.

懷孕, 考慮, 設想...

She was told she couldn't conceive.
她得知自己不能懷孕.
The child was conceived on the night of their wedding.
那孩子是在他們新婚之夜懷上的.

conceive of

I can hardly conceive of your doing such a thing.
我很難想象你會做出這種事情。
I can't conceive of your allowing the child to travel alone.
我想不通你怎么會讓孩子獨自去旅行。
I cannot conceive of him as a genius.
我不能設想他會是一個天才。

【英英解釋】

1.have the idea of

=gestate, conceptualize, conceptualise

2.judge or regard; look upon; judge

=think, believe, consider

【詞形變化】

過去分詞：conceived
現在分詞：conceiving
第三人稱單數：conceives
副詞：conceivably
形容詞：conceivable可想象的;conceited自高自大的

【同根詞記憶法】

con-ceive
de-ceive 欺騙
per-ceive 感覺，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個人在肉體死亡以后還會繼續活著；讓那些脆弱的靈魂，由于恐懼或者由于可笑的唯我論，去拿這種思想當寶貝吧！

——阿爾伯特·愛因斯坦【物理學家1879-1955】