| 单词 | to conceive of |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto conceive of c. intransitive. to conceive of: to form or have a conception of; to think of, imagine. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > form conception [verb (intransitive)] dreama1538 to conceive of1570 conceit1589 idea1844 ideate1862 the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > imagine or visualize [verb (intransitive)] areachc1220 supposea1393 thinka1400 framea1529 to conceive of1570 humour1605 imagine1631 conceive1658 realize1658 visualize1871 1570 H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. i. vii. f. 2 When there is in Geometry mention made of..triangles, or of any other figures, ye may not conceyue of them as they be in matter. 1614 Bp. J. Hall Recoll. Treat. III. 73 Friends..we conceiue of them as others from our selues: But children we thinke of..as..peeces of our owne bodies. 1623 J. Bingham tr. Xenophon Hist. 49 If any other man..conceiue of a better course, let him speake. 1678 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 7 I can better conceive of them with my Mind, then speak of them with my Tongue. View more context for this quotation 1754 T. Sherlock Several Disc. iii. 96 So blinded are Men.., and so apt to conceive of the Majesty of God according to their own Ideas of Power and Dignity. 1780 J. Graham Guardian Goddess of Health ii. 7 If the reader can conceive of the richest—purest—and most strengthening parts of all the cordial and nourishing things he is acquainted with in nature. 1834 H. Martineau Moral Many Fables ii. 72 It is scarcely possible to conceive of an arrangement more apt. 1872 J. Ruskin Munera Pulveris in Wks. II. Pref. p.x He cannot conceive of any quality of essential badness or goodness existing in pictures. 1881 W. H. Mallock Romance 19th Cent. I. ii. 19 She cannot patiently conceive of you as in relation to anything excepting herself. 1969 I. Murdoch Bruno's Dream xv. 128 He could not conceive of anybody enjoying Danby's company. 1990 J. M. Coetzee Age of Iron i. 14 Children cannot conceive of what it is to die. < as lemmas |
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