173　conceive of和conceive

① conceive of是“想象，设想”的意思。

I can hardly conceive of your doing such a thing. 我难以想象你能干出这样的事。

② conceive是“想出，构想”的意思，后面跟 idea，design，opinion，scheme，purpose 等词。

We could not conceive where the energy came from. 我们想象不出这种能量来自什么地方。