conception
英 [k?n'sep?(?)n]
美[k?n's?p??n]
- n. 懷孕；概念；設想；開始
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復數:?conceptions;
助記提示
1、con- + cept- + -ion.
2、含義：take (seed) into the womb, become pregnant, take into the mind. => (a thing) conceived.
2、含義：take (seed) into the womb, become pregnant, take into the mind. => (a thing) conceived.
英文詞源
- conception (n.)
- early 14c., "act of conceiving," from Old French concepcion (Modern French conception) "conception, grasp, comprehension," from Latin conceptionem (nominative conceptio) "a comprehending, conception," noun of action from stem of concipere (see conceive). Originally in the womb sense (also with reference to Conception Day in the Church calendar); mental sense "process of forming concepts" is late 14c. Meaning "that which is conceived in the mind" is from 1520s; "general notion" is from 1785.
雙語例句
- 1. Conception occurs when a single sperm fuses with an egg.
- 當一個精子和一個卵子結合時受孕就發生了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The other fundamental consideration in the conception of a plan is function.
- 在構思設計圖時要考慮的另一個基本因素是功能。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The plan was brilliant in its conception but failed because of lack of money.
- 盡管這計劃構想絕妙，但終因資金不足而告流產。
來自《權威詞典》
- 4. Man is tempted to live up to woman's idealised conception of himself.
- 男人一般很想使自己成為女人心目中理想化的他.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. He's got a pretty strange conception of friendship.
- 他對友誼有一種非常獨特的見解.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》