con.ceive
v.(动词)con.ceived,con.ceiv.ing,con.ceives v.tr.(及物动词)To become pregnant with (offspring).怀孕:开始怀有(胎儿)To form or develop in the mind; devise:构思:在脑海中设计或构思;设计:例句:conceive a plan to increase profits.构想出一个增加利润的计划
To apprehend mentally; understand:心里明白;理解:例句:couldn`t conceive the meaning of that sentence.无法理解那句话的意思
To be of the opinion that; think:认为:持这样的观点;认为:例句:didn`t conceive such a tragedy could occur.没有想到会发生那样的悲剧
v.intr.(不及物动词)To form or hold an idea:构想出:构想出或持有一种想法:例句:Ancient peoples conceived of the earth as flat.古人认为地球是平的
To become pregnant.怀孕
来源:Middle English conceiven 中古英语 conceiven from Old French concevoir conceiv- 源自 古法语 concevoir conceiv- from Latin concipere 源自 拉丁语 concipere com- [intensive pref.] * see com- com- [前缀,表加强词义] *参见 com-capere [to take] * see kap- capere [带走] *参见 kap-
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conceiv.abil.ity 或
conceiv.ableness
n.(名词)conceiv.able
adj.(形容词)conceiv.ably
adv.(副词)conceiv.er
n.(名词)