conceive

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To have a child; to become pregnant (with). ambitransitive
    — Assisted procreation can help those trying to conceive.
  2. To develop; to form in the mind; to imagine. transitive
    — It was among the ruins of the Capitol that I first conceived the idea of a work which has amused and exercised near twenty years of my life.
  3. To imagine (as); to have a conception of; to form a representation of. ambitransitive,ditransitive,with-of
    — Can you conceive of him as a leader?
  4. To understand (someone). transitive
    — I conceive you.

词形变化

conceives present,singular,third-person conceiving participle,present conceived participle,past conceived past conceave alternative,obsolete concieve alternative,misspelling

词汇关系

衍生词
conceivability conceivable conceiver foreconceive malconceived misconceive nonconceiving preconceive reconceive unconceived unconceiving
相关词
concept conception

词源

From Middle English conceyven, from Old French concevoir, conceveir, from Latin concipiō, concipere (“to devise, to conceive”).
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