单词 | conceive of |
释义 | conceive of (once / 1568 pages) v WORD FAMILY conceive of: conceived of, conceives of, conceiving of USAGE EXAMPLESWhen it conceived of projects, the state didn’t bother projecting how much it would cost if the state built them, denying itself a cost baseline. Washington Post(Dec 22, 2016) If he wants credit for conceiving of every obstacle and impediment to American action in every corner of the globe, the credit is his. Washington Post(Dec 15, 2016) Bad Santa was not the first movie to conceive of a malevolent mall Santa pulling off a lucrative heist – and it’s not the nastiest, either. The Guardian(Dec 14, 2016) v form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case Can you conceive of him as the president? Syn|Hypo|Hyper envisage, ideate, imagine envision, fancy, figure, image, picture, project, see, visualise, visualize imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind visualise, visualizeform a mental picture of something that is invisible or abstract envision, foreseepicture to oneself; imagine possible fantasise, fantasizeportray in the mind prefigureimagine or consider beforehand thinkimagine or visualize fantasise, fantasize, fantasyindulge in fantasies daydream, dream, stargaze, woolgatherhave a daydream; indulge in a fantasy create by mental act, create mentally create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands |
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