conceive of

基本解釋

We can't conceive of living without a telephone.
我們簡直設想不出沒有電話人怎么活下去。
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，不能從當前的境況中想象這個世界正在變得更好還是正相反，那么他們怎會關心去改變它呢？
CONCEIVE】Young children like to watch television, they cannot conceive of life without it.
小孩子喜歡看電視，他們無法想象沒有電視的生活。

It wants us to conceive of God as an uncontested god who through the power of his word or will creates the cosmos.
它希望我們構想一個毫無爭議的上帝,他可以通過言語和意愿的力量創(chuàng)造宇宙。
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So that suggests that the ancient Israelites didn't conceive of God As gendered or necessarily gendered.
也說明在古代以色列人構想中,上帝沒有性別也不必有性別。
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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.
如果你想獨資買下一個公司,可以買下該公司的所有股票
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He apparently can't conceive of a world that is both growing and getting better.
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