A concept is “a fairly general abstract idea,” and
a conception is “a mental picture or grasp of a concept”
I have heard Fred’s proposed new concept of feudal law, but I have no real conception of what it implies.
The two words are sometimes used as synonyms, but the distinction is worth keeping when possible. From their very natures both are always under pressure to generalize, and both are currently suffering a bit from overuse-indeed some people think them clichés.
(Conception of course has another meaning in mammalian reproduction.)
看英英字典比較能瞭解字的原意:
concept = an idea of something that exists (只有一種解釋)
Some students failed to grasp even the simplest mathematical concepts.
conception = (1) a belief about what somethign is like (有三種解釋)
His conception of the world is a very strange one.
(2) the time when someone creates a new idea or thing
She was with the band from its conception.
(3) the moment when a woman or female animal becomes pregnant after sex