conceive of

基本解释

We can't conceive of living without a telephone.
我们简直设想不出没有电话人怎么活下去。
Those who lack imagination can't conceive of the world being better or different from what it is, so why would they be concerned about changing it?
那些缺乏想象力的人，不能从当前的境况中想象这个世界正在变得更好还是正相反，那么他们怎会关心去改变它呢？
CONCEIVE】Young children like to watch television, they cannot conceive of life without it.
小孩子喜欢看电视，他们无法想象没有电视的生活。

It wants us to conceive of God as an uncontested god who through the power of his word or will creates the cosmos.
它希望我们构想一个毫无争议的上帝,他可以通过言语和意愿的力量创造宇宙。
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So that suggests that the ancient Israelites didn't conceive of God As gendered or necessarily gendered.
也说明在古代以色列人构想中,上帝没有性别也不必有性别。
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If you wanted to buy a company up and own it yourself completely, you could conceive of buying all the shares in the company.
如果你想独资买下一个公司,可以买下该公司的所有股票
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He apparently can't conceive of a world that is both growing and getting better.
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