conception的读音

1. 概念，观念
2. 构想，设想，想法
3. 怀孕，受孕，妊娠，生育
4. 胚胎，胎儿
5. 概念的形成
6. 开始，创始，起源，发端
7. 概念作用
8. 印象
9. 见解，看法

1. [U][C]思想,观念,概念 (a) general understanding; idea
2. [U]the act of forming an idea, plan, etc. 构想,设想
3. [U][C]怀孕 the starting of a new life by the union of a male and a female sex cell

1.概念;观念;想法
Aconception of something is an idea that you have of it in your mind.

e.g. Myconception of a garden was based on gardens I had visited in England...
我对花园的概念是基于我在英格兰观赏过的花园。
e.g. I see him as someone with not the slightestconception of teamwork.
我认为他丝毫没有团队意识。

2.构想;构思;设想
Conception is the forming of an idea for something in your mind.

e.g. The symphony is admirable inconception...
这支交响乐的构思好极了。
e.g. The other fundamental consideration in theconception of a plan is function.
在构思设计图时要考虑的另一个基本因素是功能。

3.受孕;怀孕
Conception is the process in which the egg in a woman is fertilized and she becomes pregnant.

e.g. Six weeks afterconception your baby is the size of your little fingernail...
怀孕6个星期后，胎儿的大小相当于小拇指的指甲。
e.g. Teenage conceptions have risen steadily in the last ten years.
过去10年中，少女怀孕的现象不断增多。

• clear conception清楚的想法
• clever conception聪明的想法
• vague conception模糊的想法

• Our genes are doled out to us at conception.

  出自：R. Dawkins

• ☆ 14世纪初期进入英语，直接源自拉丁语的conceptio，意为概念，观念。