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conceive

🇬🇧 UK/kən'siːv/🇺🇸 US/kәn'si:v/
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Definitions

v.

To form an idea or plan in the mind; to become pregnant.

构思,设想;怀孕

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
contogether, with
+
ceivetake, seize, hold
=conceive

Common Collocations

  • 1.conceive of想象
  • 2.conceive a child生育孩子

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    It was hard for people in the eighteenth century to conceive of space travel.

  • 2.

    The couple was thrilled when they learned they would conceive a child.

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