conceive
- vt. 懷孕;構(gòu)思;以為;持有
- vi. 懷孕;設(shè)想;考慮
詞態(tài)變化
助記提示
2、含義:take (seed) into the womb, become pregnant, take into the mind.
3. conceive vt.設(shè)想,構(gòu)想出(主意,計(jì)劃等)
【肯思悟】肯思悟你就能構(gòu)想出好主意、計(jì)劃等
中文詞源
con-, 強(qiáng)調(diào)。-ceive, 詞源同cap, 抓住,理解,詞源同capable. 指形成思想和概念的。
英英釋意
- 1. have the idea for;
- "He conceived of a robot that would help paralyzed patients"
- "This library was well conceived"
- 2. judge or regard; look upon; judge;
- "I think he is very smart"
- "I believe her to be very smart"
- "I think that he is her boyfriend"
- "The racist conceives such people to be inferior"
- 3. become pregnant; undergo conception;
- "She cannot conceive"
- "My daughter was conceived in Christmas Day"
英文詞源
- conceive
- conceive: [13] Conceive is one of a number of English words (deceive, perceive, and receive are others) whose immediate source is the Old French morpheme -ceiv-. This goes back ultimately to Latin capere ‘take’ (source of English capture), which when prefixed became -cipere. In the case of conceive, the compound verb was concipere, where the prefix com- had an intensive force; it meant generally ‘take to oneself’, and hence either ‘take into the mind, absorb mentally’ or ‘become pregnant’ – meanings transmitted via Old French conceivre to English conceive.
The noun conceit [14] is an English formation, based on the models of deceit and receipt. Conception [13], however, goes back to the Latin derivative conceptiō.
=> capture, conceit, conception, deceive, perceive, receive - conceive (v.)
- late 13c., conceiven, "take (seed) into the womb, become pregnant," from stem of Old French conceveir (Modern French concevoir), from Latin concipere (past participle conceptus) "to take in and hold; become pregnant," from com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + comb. form of capere "to take," from PIE *kap- "to grasp" (see capable). Meaning "take into the mind" is from mid-14c., a figurative sense also found in the Old French and Latin words. Related: Conceived; conceiving.
同義詞辨析
devise, conceive, formulate
這些動(dòng)詞的均含"設(shè)計(jì),設(shè)想"之意。
devise: 側(cè)重設(shè)計(jì)的臨時(shí)性和權(quán)宜性,并隱含有更多的設(shè)想可用。
conceive: 強(qiáng)調(diào)在制定計(jì)劃之前的先有設(shè)想構(gòu)思。
formulate與conceive相反,指在devise之后的具體設(shè)計(jì)活動(dòng)。
think, conceive, imagine, fancy, realize
這些動(dòng)詞均可表示"在思想中形成一個(gè)看法或觀(guān)念"之意。
think: 最普通用詞,指想或思索,也指由反復(fù)思考而作出判斷或得出結(jié)論等。
conceive: 指在頭腦中組織好自己的思想,在心中形成一個(gè)系統(tǒng)的思想或一個(gè)見(jiàn)解。
imagine比conceive更強(qiáng)調(diào)形象思維,指在頭腦中形成一個(gè)清晰明確的意象。
fancy與imagine略不同,往往指的是不切實(shí)際的,屬于夢(mèng)幻般的想象。
realize: 指領(lǐng)悟,通過(guò)生動(dòng)的構(gòu)思或想象從而抓住事物的本質(zhì)。
考試真題
- Most high governmental officials seem to conceive of education in this light—as a way to ensure economic competitiveness and continued economic growth," Derek Bok, former president of Harvard, told The Washington Post.
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- Conceived in this way, comprehension will not follow exactly the same track for each reader.
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實(shí)用場(chǎng)景例句
- God is often conceived of as male.
- 上帝常常被想象為男性。
牛津詞典
- I cannot conceive (= I do not believe) (that) he would wish to harm us.
- 我無(wú)法想象他會(huì)存心傷害我們。
牛津詞典
- I cannot conceive what it must be like.
- 我想象不出它會(huì)是什么樣子。
牛津詞典
- She is unable to conceive.
- 她不能懷孕。
牛津詞典
- Their first child was conceived on their wedding night.
- 他們的第一個(gè)小孩是在新婚之夜懷上的。
牛津詞典
- He conceived the idea of transforming the old power station into an arts centre.
- 他想出了一個(gè)把舊發(fā)電站改造為藝術(shù)中心的主意。
牛津詞典
- About one in six couples has difficulty conceiving...
- 大約1/6的夫妻有受孕困難。
柯林斯高階英語(yǔ)詞典
- Women, he says, should give up alcohol before they plan to conceive...
- 他說(shuō)女性在計(jì)劃懷孕之前應(yīng)該戒酒。
柯林斯高階英語(yǔ)詞典
- I just can't even conceive of that quantity of money...
- 那么多錢(qián),我根本都無(wú)法想象。
柯林斯高階英語(yǔ)詞典
- He was immensely ambitious but unable to conceive of winning power for himself.
- 他雄心勃勃,但是想不出自己能如何贏得權(quán)力。
柯林斯高階英語(yǔ)詞典
- The ancients conceived the earth as afloat in water...
- 古人認(rèn)為地球飄浮在水里。
柯林斯高階英語(yǔ)詞典
- We conceive of the family as being in a constant state of change...
- 我們認(rèn)為家庭處于不斷變化之中。
柯林斯高階英語(yǔ)詞典
- She had conceived the idea of a series of novels...
- 她萌生出撰寫(xiě)系列小說(shuō)的想法。
柯林斯高階英語(yǔ)詞典
- He conceived of the first truly portable computer in 1968.
- 1968年,他構(gòu)想出第一臺(tái)真正的便攜式計(jì)算機(jī)。
柯林斯高階英語(yǔ)詞典
- Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders there are unseen unsaleable in the world.
- 這個(gè)世界上看不到的奇跡太多了,多得我們想象不出,更不能隨便懷疑.
期刊摘選
- He conceive of a strategy which can weaken the rival gradually.
- 他想到了一個(gè)逐漸削弱對(duì)手的戰(zhàn)略.
期刊摘選
- I simply refuse to conceive of such a solution.
- 這樣的解決辦法,我是絕對(duì)不考慮的.
期刊摘選
- You may conceive a new world in the atomic age.
- 你可以設(shè)想出原子時(shí)代的新世界.
《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- I can hardly conceive of your doing such a thing.
- 我很難想象你會(huì)做出這種事情.
《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- Can you conceive of a complete vacuum?
- 你能想象出完全真空的情形 嗎 ?
辭典例句
- It is difficult to conceive of making a trip to the moon.
- 去月球旅行簡(jiǎn)直難以想象.
期刊摘選
- As the restrictive factor of architecture design, economical condition will inevitably affect architects " conceive. "
- 經(jīng)濟(jì)條件作為建筑設(shè)計(jì)的制約因素, 必然會(huì)影響到建筑師的構(gòu)思過(guò)程.
期刊摘選
- These terms don't map well to how users conceive of time.
- 這些術(shù)語(yǔ)和用戶(hù)對(duì)時(shí)間的理解沒(méi)有很好的映射關(guān)系.
期刊摘選
- It's difficult to conceive of living on the moon.
- 很難想像在月球上生活.
辭典例句
- I cannot conceive of his killing himself.
- 我無(wú)法想像他會(huì)自殺.
期刊摘選
- I cannot conceive ( ie do not believe ) that he would wish to harm us.
- 我不能想像 ( 不相信 ) 他會(huì)傷害我們.
辭典例句
- Can you conceive of him as the president?
- 你能想象到他當(dāng)總統(tǒng)了 么 .
期刊摘選
- I cannot conceive of such a thing happening again.
- 我不能想像這種事會(huì)再發(fā)生.
《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》