conceive

devise, conceive, formulate

think, conceive, imagine, fancy, realize

动词 conceive:

1. have the idea for
   同义词：gestate, conceptualize, conceptualise
2. judge or regard; look upon; judge
   同义词：think, believe, consider
3. become pregnant; undergo conception

1. I cannot conceive (ie do not believe) that he would wish to harm us.
   我不能想像(不相信)他会伤害我们。
2. She was told she couldn't conceive.
   她得知自己不能怀孕。
3. The child was conceived on the night of their wedding.
   那孩子是在他们新婚之夜怀上的。
4. It was then that I conceived the notion of running away.
   就在那时我产生了逃跑的念头。
5. I can't conceive of your allowing the child to travel alone.
   我想不通你怎么会让孩子独自去旅行。

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-

【引伸】
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）