那些永远记不住的单词|Conceive 设想考虑【084】
Conceive
英 [kən'siːv] 美 [kən'siv]
vt. 怀孕;构思;以为;持有
vi. 怀孕;设想;考虑
这个单词虽然意义明确,但它有若干个非常常用的变形词,意义也非常接近,要使用好,唯有大量的阅读才能够有可靠的分辨。例如:
conception 受孕,构想
Her conception on the students community is recognized by authority.
conceptive 概念上的
He proposed a conceptive idea about how to achieve the goal.
concept 概念
Students had a lot of debates on the concept of liberalism.
除了本词根的变换以外,conceive还容易和perceive混淆。perceive/perception的意思对外在事物的感觉和认知,而不是像conceive/conception一样take in as own idea。因为con-的词缀就带有to take, to grasp的掌握含义。
我们回到Conceive本身。当Conceive作为怀孕的动词理解时,意义很明确,但要注意语态的区别。例如:
She conceived her baby when she was 49
She was conceived when her mother was 49
除了怀孕的动词,它更多用在form or devise an idea的意思上。比如:
The moon landing project was first conceived many decades ago.
登月项目是好几十年前就构想的。
当conceive作为构想的意思时,它也带有想法孕育的意味。所以,经常有...ill conceived这样的词组。
An ill-conceived plan will never be successful, even if it got passed through.
一个有问题的计划,即使得到通过也不会成功。
庄子说:井蛙不可以语于海者,拘于虚也。它的英文被译作:
A frog in a well cannot conceive of the ocean.
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