conceive /kənˈsi:v/ vt. & vi. 1. 构想出，设想: conceive a strategy 设想出一个战略；conceive of a good project 设想出一个好方案；conceive of living without TV 设想没有电视会是什么样Without society an individual cannot be conceived as having rights.没有社会就无法设想个人享有权利。We conceive of ourselves as individuals.我们把自己看成独立的个体。［考句］It is difficult to conceive of a plan to end poverty.很难设想出一种消灭贫穷的方案。［考句］ Scientists first conceived the idea of the atom bomb in the 1930s.科学家们最早是在二十世纪三十年代有了关于原子弹构想的。2.怀(胎): conceive a child 怀孩子 She conceived. 她怀孕了。3.认为: In ancient times the world was conceived as flat. 古时候地球被认为是平的。I don’t conceive that he can swim across. 我认为他游不过去。
conceivable adj. 可想像的，可想到的；可理解的：A mass uprising was entirely conceivable. 发生大规模起义是完全可以理解的。
inconceivable adj. 不能想象的；不可理解的；难以置信的：it seemed inconceivable that the president had been unaware of what was going on.总统竟没有察觉到正在发生什么，这是令人难以置信的。
