词汇精选:conceive的用法和辨析大纲
一、详细释义:
v.
怀孕 [I,T]
例句:
Women, he says, should give up alcohol before they plan to conceive.
他说女性在计划怀孕之前应该戒酒。
例句:
About one in six couples has difficulty conceiving.
大约1/6的夫妻有受孕困难。
想像 [I,T]
例句:
It's difficult to conceive of travelling to the moon.
到月球去旅行是很难想像的。
例句:
I cannot conceive of such a thing as genoa in ruins.
我想象不出热那亚变成废墟的事情。
持有 [I,T]
例句:
He seems to have conceived an abject, unreasoned terror of the railroad.
他好象对铁路公司持有一种意气消沉、不可理喻的恐惧心理。
例句:
He conceived of an idea and believed that it existed or should exist.
他持有一个理想,相信它已经存在或者应该存在。
认为,以为 [T]
例句:
The ancients conceived the earth as afloat in water.
古人认为地球飘浮在水里。
例句:
We conceive of the family as being in a constant state of change.
我们认为家庭处于不断变化之中。
构思,设想,考虑 [I,T]
例句:
She had conceived the idea of a series of novels.
她萌生出撰写系列小说的想法。
例句:
He conceived of the first truly portable computer in 1968.
1968年,他构想出第一台真正的便携式计算机。
二、词义辨析:
devise,conceive,formulate
这些动词的均含“设计、设想”之意。devise侧重设计的临时性和权宜性,并隐含有更多的设想可用。conceive强调在制定计划之前的先有设想构思。formulate与conceive相反,指在devise之后的具体设计活动。
三、词义辨析:
think,conceive,imagine,fancy,realize
这些动词均可表示“在思想中形成一个看法或观念”之意。 think最普通用词,指想或思索,也指由反复思考而作出判断或得出结论等。conceive指在头脑中组织好自己的思想,在心中形成一个系统的思想或一个见解。imagine比conceive更强调形象思维,指在头脑中形成一个清晰明确的意象。fancy与imagine略不同,往往指的是不切实际的,属于梦幻般的想象。 realize指领悟,通过生动的构思或想象从而抓住事物的本质。
四、相关短语:
conceive of
想象,设想
一、参考例句:
Can you conceive of a complete vacuum?
你能想象出完全真空的情形吗?
I can hardly conceive of your doing such a thing.
我很难想象你会做出这种事情。
We can't conceive of living without a telephone.
我们简直设想不出没有电话人怎么活下去。
I cannot conceive where he came up with that idea.
我想不出他是怎么想到这个主意的。
I can't conceive of anything funnier than that.
我想不出有比那更有趣的东西。
It's difficult to conceive of travelling to the moon.
到月球去旅行是很难想像的。
Giraffe females can conceive while still feeding their young infant.
雌性长颈鹿在哺育小长颈鹿的时候也会怀孕。
I cannot conceive why you allowed the child to go alone.
我真想不通你为什么让孩子一个人走。
I cannot conceive of such a thing as genoa in ruins.
我想象不出热那亚变成废墟的事情。
These terms don’t map well to how users conceive of time.
这些术语和用户对时间的理解没有很好的映射关系。