conceive

想像する、思い描く

ある状況を思い描いたり、何かが可能だと考えたりする。

やさしい英語で： To imagine a situation or consider something possible.

• I cannot conceive of such a thing.
• Can you conceive of living without electricity?
• They conceived the future as a time of peace.

使い方： conceive of something (I cannot conceive of a world without music.); conceive of doing something (She could not conceive of living alone.); conceive something as something (He conceived the city as a single living organism.)

類義語： imagine, envisage

よく使う表現： conceive of something, cannot conceive, conceive something as

考案する、思いつく

新しい考えや計画、設計を思いつく。

やさしい英語で： To think of a new idea, plan, or design.

• She conceived the idea herself.
• Who first conceived of this project?
• The plan was conceived during a discussion with local residents.

使い方： conceive something (The architect conceived a design with a central garden.); conceive of something (She conceived of a new way to teach reading.)

類義語： think up, devise, invent

よく使う表現： conceive an idea, conceive a plan, conceive of something

妊娠する、身ごもる

妊娠する、または母親のお腹で赤ちゃんが育ち始めるようにする。

やさしい英語で： To become pregnant, or cause a baby to begin developing inside its mother.

• They are trying to conceive.
• She conceived her first child at thirty.
• The baby was conceived before they moved abroad.

類義語： become pregnant

よく使う表現： conceive a child, conceive naturally, trying to conceive

理解する

相手が言いたいことや考えていることを理解する。

やさしい英語で： To understand what someone means or thinks.

• I cannot conceive your meaning.
• She conceived his intention at once.
• He struggled to conceive what the speaker meant.

類義語： understand, comprehend

よく使う表現： conceive someone’s meaning, conceive someone’s intention