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conceive sth
及物动词，直接接宾语，表示构思或设想。
She conceived a brilliant plan.
她构思了一个绝妙的计划。
构想；设想；想象
conceived — past of conceive
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构想；设想；想象
To think of or imagine something, such as an idea or plan.
She conceived a brilliant plan.
她构思了一个绝妙的计划。
怀上孩子；怀孕。
To have a child; to become pregnant (with).
构思；在脑中形成；想象。
To develop; to form in the mind; to imagine.
理解(某人)。
To understand (someone).
conceive
Base
原形
conceives
3rd person
第三人称单数
conceiving
-ing
现在分词
conceived
Past
过去式
conceived
Past participle
过去分词
She conceives new ideas easily.
她很容易构思新想法。
They conceived a plan last week.
他们上周构思了一个计划。
He is conceiving a new project.
他正在构思一个新项目。
动词形式规则变化
She conceived her first child at the age of thirty-five.
她在三十五岁时怀上了第一个孩子。
The architect conceived a brilliant design for the new museum.
这位建筑师为新博物馆构思了一个绝妙的设计。
It is hard to conceive of a world without internet.
很难想象一个没有互联网的世界。
及物动词，直接接宾语，表示构思或设想。
She conceived a brilliant plan.
她构思了一个绝妙的计划。
conceive of 表示想象或构想，后接名词或动名词。
I cannot conceive of living without music.
我无法想象没有音乐的生活。
用于表示怀孕，尤指受孕。
They are trying to conceive a child.
他们正试图怀孕。
后接that从句，表示认为、相信。
He conceived that the project would fail.
他认为这个项目会失败。
Not this
She conceived about a new project.
Use this
She conceived of a new project.
在表达“构思”时，动词 conceive 通常接介词 of 或直接跟宾语，但不用 about。"conceive about" 不符合英语习惯，应改为 "conceive of"。
Not this
His conceive was brilliant.
Use this
His conception was brilliant.
Conceive 是动词，不可直接用作名词。表示“构思”或“概念”的名词形式是 conception。"conceive" 作为名词使用是错误语法。
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怀孕
She conceived a child after months of trying.
她努力了几个月后怀上了孩子。
构想，设想
It is difficult to conceive of a world without internet.
很难想象一个没有互联网的世界。
构思计划
The team conceived a plan to increase sales.
团队构思了一个增加销售的计划。
认为，看作
They conceive the project as a long-term investment.
他们把该项目视为一项长期投资。
想出一个主意
He conceived the idea for the novel while traveling.
他在旅行中想出了这部小说的构思。
想象；设想
I cannot conceive of a world without music.
我无法想象一个没有音乐的世界。
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联想“共同接收”：con-共同，ceive-接收，共同接收新想法（构思）或新生命（怀孕）。
通常用于正式或书面语境，表示构思或设想；在日常口语中较少使用。
All listed words rhyme with conceive, sharing the stressed vowel /iː/ and ending /v/. Words ending in '-ceive' (receive, deceive, perceive) also share the same spelling chunk. Words ending in '-ieve' (believe, achieve, relieve) have a different spelling but the same pronunciation pattern.
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