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. 我簡直無法想像那樣一筆數(shù)量的錢。

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

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

The ancients conceived the earth as afloat in water. 古人認爲地球漂浮在水裡。

We conceive of the family as being in a constant state of change. 我們認爲家庭是処於不斷變化之中的。

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

She had conceived the idea of a series of novels, each of which would reveal some aspect of Chinese life. 她已經(jīng)想出了個關於一個系列小說的主意，每一部都將反映中國人生活的某一方麪。

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. 他說女人在計劃懷孕前應該戒酒。