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

　clear ～　清楚的想法
　clever ～　聪明的想法
　vague ～　模糊的想法

　He's got a pretty strange conception of friendship.　他对友谊有一种非常独特的见解。
　The conception of the book took five minutes, but writing it took a year.　构想那本书只花了五分钟，而写那书却用了一年。
　A good novelist needs great power of conception.　出色的小说家需要有丰富的想象力。
　Different people have different conceptions.　不同的人有不同的观念。
　She is pleased with conception of a child.　她怀了个孩子很高兴。
　You've no conception of what it was like to be there.　你完全不知道在那儿是什么滋味。
　I have no conception of why he left home.　我不明白他为什么离开家?
　This is my conception of how the role should be played.　这就是我对于如何扮演这个角色的想法。

 ♣ conception, concept, idea, notion, thought
　参见idea条。

　［同义词］ idea
　［词源］拉丁语conceptio（概念，观念）