v.设想；想出；怀孕
I cannot conceive of him as a genius. 我不能设想他会是一个天才。
I cannot conceive that he would wish to harm us. 我不能想像他会伤害我们。
I can not conceive of anything funnier than that . 我想不出有比那更有趣的东西。
She was told she couldn't conceive. 她得知自己不能怀孕。
The child was conceived on the night of their wedding. 那孩子是在他们新婚之夜怀上的。
conceive的基本意思是在头脑中形成一个想法、看法、设计等,含有由于头脑不断思考而使想法、看法和设计不断发展之意。
conceive作“设想”解时,是及物动词,可接名词、代词和名词从句作宾语,也可接以as短语充当补足语的复合宾语,常与can及其否定式连用，可用于被动结构。作此意解时,也可用作不及物动词,接of引出的短语表示“设想”的内容。
conceive作“怀孕”解时,可用作不及物动词,也可用作及物动词。
