词组 | conceive of |
释义 | conceive of 1. conceive of sth formal to imagine that it is possible for a particular event or situation to happen or exist: ▪ Yuan found it difficult to conceive of life with any other woman but his wife. can/cannot conceive of (doing) sth ▪ "I cannot conceive of a situation where the United States would want to use chemical weapons," Defense Secretary, Richard Cheney said. ▪ Many Romanians couldn't conceive of voting for anyone except the party in power. ■ SIMILAR TO: imagine 2. conceive of sth formal to think of a new idea, plan etc: ▪ Dr Barnett conceived of the idea for the exhibition while she was working on a catalogue of Kandinsky's works. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑think of, ↑come up with 3. conceive of sth/sb formal to think of something in a particular way or as being a particular thing + as ▪ The Christian God has traditionally been conceived of as masculine. ▪ Foch conceived of war as `a struggle between moral forces'. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑think of |
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