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supposition

英 [ˌsʌpəˈzɪʃn]

美 [ˌsʌpəˈzɪʃn]

n.  推测的想法; 推断的结论; 推测; 推断

复数:suppositions 

TOEFLIELTSTEM8法律

BNC.14636 / COCA.18056

牛津词典

    noun

    • 推测的想法;推断的结论
      an idea that you think is true although you may not be able to prove it
      1. The police are working on the supposition that he was murdered.
        警方正根据他被谋杀的假定展开调查。
    • 推测;推断
      the act of believing or claiming that sth is true even though it cannot be proved
      1. The report is based entirely on supposition.
        这篇报道完全建立在推测的基础上。

    柯林斯词典

    • N-COUNT 假定;假设;设想
      Asuppositionis an idea or statement which someone believes or assumes to be true, although they may have no evidence for it.
      1. There's a popular supposition that we're publicly funded but the bulk of our money comes from competitive contracts...
        人们普遍认为我们是受公共基金的资助,然而我们大部分资金是通过签订竞争性合同得来的。
      2. But as with many such suppositions in natural history, no one had ever tested it.
        博物学中虽然有许多类似的假设,却从没人对此考证过。
    • N-UNCOUNT 毫无根据的想法;无稽之谈
      You can describe someone's ideas or statements assuppositionif you disapprove of the fact that they have no evidence to support them.
      1. The report has been rejected by the authorities, who said much of it was based on supposition or inaccuracy.
        当局驳回了该报告,称其许多内容有的纯属臆测,有的存在偏差错误。

    英英释义

    noun

    双语例句

    • The whole plan is based on merely his own supposition.
      整个计划只是建立在他的主观臆断上。
    • If you had any sense of history, you would not make such a ridiculous supposition.
      如果你有点历史观,你就不会做出这么可笑的假设。
    • Of course, this assumes Britain wants such change, a supposition yet to be proven.
      当然,这一暗示假定了英国人希望发生这样的变革,这是个还有待证实的假定。
    • Modern economics has made a sustainable and in-depth study on the supposition of the economic man, but neglected the fluid of the assets for quite a long time.
      现代经济学对经济人假设进行了持续深入研究,但忽视了对资产完全流动和替代这一假设的研究;
    • We were on the supposition position that they could improve the complex machine.
      我们认为他们能改进这台复杂的机器。
    • The Savage solves it by the supposition of evil Spirits.
      野蛮人的解决办法是假定有邪魔恶怪。
    • This supposition is supported by the evidence from both ancient literature and modern dialect.
      这个观点可以得到传世文献材料和现代方言材料两个方面证据的支持。
    • All this, of course, is supposition.
      当然,所有这些都是推测。
    • The report has been rejected by the authorities, who said much of it was based on supposition or inaccuracy.
      当局驳回了该报告,称其许多内容有的纯属臆测,有的存在偏差错误。
    • But as with many such suppositions in natural history, no one had ever tested it.
      博物学中虽然有许多类似的假设,却从没人对此考证过。