conceive

英 [kən'siːv] 美 [kən'siv]

解释

※ 提供单词"conceive"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

conceive 构想

con-, 强调。-ceive, 词源同cap, 抓住，理解，词源同capable. 指形成思想和概念的。

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.

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1. 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。

4. I could not conceive that he would do such a silly thing.: 我不能想像他竟会干这种傻事.