conceive
英 [k?n'si?v]
美 [k?n'siv]
- vt. 懷孕；構思；以為；持有
- vi. 懷孕；設想；考慮
助記提示
1、con- + -ceiv- + -e.
2、含義：take (seed) into the womb, become pregnant, take into the mind.
3. conceive vt.設想，構想出(主意，計劃等)
【肯思悟】肯思悟你就能構想出好主意、計劃等
中文詞源
conceive 構想con-, 強調。-ceive, 詞源同cap, 抓住，理解，詞源同capable. 指形成思想和概念的。
英文詞源
- conceive
- conceive: [13] Conceive is one of a number of English words (deceive, perceive, and receive are others) whose immediate source is the Old French morpheme -ceiv-. This goes back ultimately to Latin capere ‘take’ (source of English capture), which when prefixed became -cipere. In the case of conceive, the compound verb was concipere, where the prefix com- had an intensive force; it meant generally ‘take to oneself’, and hence either ‘take into the mind, absorb mentally’ or ‘become pregnant’ – meanings transmitted via Old French conceivre to English conceive.
The noun conceit [14] is an English formation, based on the models of deceit and receipt. Conception [13], however, goes back to the Latin derivative conceptiō.
=> capture, conceit, conception, deceive, perceive, receive - conceive (v.)
- late 13c., conceiven, "take (seed) into the womb, become pregnant," from stem of Old French conceveir (Modern French concevoir), from Latin concipere (past participle conceptus) "to take in and hold; become pregnant," from com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + comb. form of capere "to take," from PIE *kap- "to grasp" (see capable). Meaning "take into the mind" is from mid-14c., a figurative sense also found in the Old French and Latin words. Related: Conceived; conceiving.
雙語例句
- 1. Women, he says, should give up alcohol before they plan to conceive.
- 他說女性在計劃懷孕之前應該戒酒。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. You may conceive a new world in the atomic age.
- 你可以設想出原子時代的新世界.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. I can hardly conceive of your doing such a thing.
- 我很難想象你會做出這種事情.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. I could not conceive that he would do such a silly thing.
- 我不能想像他竟會干這種傻事.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. It's difficult to conceive of traveling to the moon.
- 難以想象到月球旅行會是什么樣子.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》