| 词组 | conceive |
| 释义 | phraseconceive[conceived, conceived, conceiving] 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: imagine2. 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 with3. 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 conceive of (someone or something)To think of someone or something, often in a particular way. Considering her lack of patience, I have a really hard time conceiving of her as a kindergarten teacher. Leave it to Ben to conceive of a totally ridiculous plan. conceive of (someone or something) as (someone or something)To think of someone or something in a different way than usual. Considering her lack of patience, I have a really hard time conceiving of her as a kindergarten teacher. conceive of someone or somethingto think of or invent the notion of someone or something. Who on earth ever conceived of doing this? Edison conceived of many very useful things that we now use every day. conceive of someone or something as someone or somethingto think of someone as being someone else; to think of something as being something else. I can't conceive of you as a pilot. I can conceive of this grassy spot as a very interesting setting for a cottage. |
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