conceive

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]

I just can't even conceive of that quantity of money. 我簡(jiǎn)直無(wú)法想像那樣一筆數(shù)量的錢(qián)。

We could not conceive that he might soon be dead. 我們無(wú)法相信他可能很快就會(huì)死去。

2. V-T/V-I If you conceive something as a particular thing, you consider it to be that thing. 認(rèn)為

The ancients conceived the earth as afloat in water. 古人認(rèn)為地球漂浮在水里。

We conceive of the family as being in a constant state of change. 我們認(rèn)為家庭是處于不斷變化之中的。

3. V-T If you conceive a plan or idea, you think of it and work out how it can be done. 構(gòu)想出

She had conceived the idea of a series of novels, each of which would reveal some aspect of Chinese life. 她已經(jīng)想出了個(gè)關(guān)于一個(gè)系列小說(shuō)的主意，每一部都將反映中國(guó)人生活的某一方面。

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

Women, he says, should give up alcohol before they plan to conceive. 他說(shuō)女人在計(jì)劃懷孕前應(yīng)該戒酒。