hypothesis
noun OPAL WOPAL S
/haɪˈpɒθəsɪs/
/haɪˈpɑːθəsɪs/
(plural hypotheses
/haɪˈpɒθəsiːz/
/haɪˈpɑːθəsiːz/
)- [countable] an idea or explanation of something that is based on a few known facts but that has not yet been proved to be true or correct
（有少量事实依据但未被证实的）假说，假设 - to formulate/confirm a hypothesis
提出／证实假设 - a hypothesis about the function of dreams
关于梦的作用的假说 - There is little evidence to support these hypotheses.
几乎没有证据支持这些假设。
Wordfinder- analysis
- evaluate
- evidence
- experiment
- hypothesis
- laboratory
- research
- result
- science
- study
Collocations Scientific researchScientific research科学研究 理论 - formulate/advance a theory/hypothesis
创立理论；提出假设 - build/construct/create/develop a simple/theoretical/mathematical model
创立一个简单／理论／数学模型 - develop/establish/provide/use a theoretical/conceptual framework
创立／建立／提供／使用理论／概念框架 - advance/argue/develop the thesis that…
提出／论证／详尽阐述…的论题 - explore an idea/a concept/a hypothesis
探讨一个想法／概念／假设 - make a prediction/an inference
预测；推断 - base a prediction/your calculations on something
基于…做出预测／估算 - investigate/evaluate/accept/challenge/reject a theory/hypothesis/model
研究／评估／接受／质疑／拒绝接受一个理论／假设／模型
实验 - design an experiment/a questionnaire/a study/a test
设计一项实验／问卷／研究／测试 - do research/an experiment/an analysis
做研究／实验／分析 - make observations/measurements/calculations
观察；测量；计算 - carry out/conduct/perform an experiment/a test/a longitudinal study/observations/clinical trials
进行实验／测试／纵向研究／观察／临床试验 - run an experiment/a simulation/clinical trials
进行实验／模拟／临床试验 - repeat an experiment/a test/an analysis
重做实验／测试／分析 - replicate a study/the results/the findings
做相同的研究；得出同样的结果／调查结果 - observe/study/examine/investigate/assess a pattern/a process/a behaviour
- fund/support the research/project/study
资助／支持研究／项目／专题研究 - seek/provide/get/secure funding for research
寻求／提供／得到／争取到研究资金
结果 - collect/gather/extract data/information
收集／提取数据／信息 - yield data/evidence/similar findings/the same results
得到数据／证据／类似调查结果／相同结果 - analyse/examine the data/soil samples/a specimen
分析／考查数据／土壤样本／样本 - consider/compare/interpret the results/findings
思考／比较／解释结果／调查结果 - fit the data/model
与数据／模型相符合 - confirm/support/verify a prediction/a hypothesis/the results/the findings
证实／支持／核实预测／假设／结果／调查结果 - prove a conjecture/hypothesis/theorem
证明猜测／假设／定理 - draw/make/reach the same conclusions
得出同样的结论 - read/review the records/literature
阅读／评论记录／文献 - describe/report an experiment/a study
描述／报告一项实验／研究 - present/publish/summarize the results/findings
提交／公布／总结结果／调查结果 - present/publish/read/review/cite a paper in a scientific journal
向科学杂志提交一篇论文；在科学杂志发表一篇论文；阅读／评论／引用科学杂志上的一篇论文
Topics Scientific researchb2- Her hypothesis concerns the role of electromagnetic radiation.
她的假说涉及到电磁辐射的作用。 - Her study is based on the hypothesis that language simplification is possible.
她的研究基于语言可以简化这样一个假设。 - It is possible to make a hypothesis on the basis of this graph.
以这张图表为基础作出假设是可能的。 - None of the hypotheses can be rejected at this stage.
在现阶段任何一个假说都不能排除。 - Scientists have proposed a bold hypothesis.
科学家们提出了一个大胆的假设。 - She used this data to test her hypothesis
她用这些数据验证她的假设。 - The hypothesis predicts that children will perform better on task A than on task B.
这一假设预计孩子们完成任务 A 将比完成任务 B 更出色。 - The results confirmed his hypothesis on the use of modal verbs.
结果证实了他的关于情态动词用法的假设。 - These observations appear to support our working hypothesis.
这些观察结果看来与我们暂时的假设一致。 - a speculative hypothesis concerning the nature of matter
关于物质本质的猜测性假说 - an interesting hypothesis about the development of language
关于语言发展的有趣假说 - Advances in genetics seem to confirm these hypotheses.
遗传学的进步似乎证实了这些假设。 - His hypothesis about what dreams mean provoked a lot of debate.
他关于释梦的假说激起很多争论。 - Research supports the hypothesis that language skills are centred in the left side of the brain.
研究支持语言技能集中在大脑左侧的假设。 - The survey will be used to test the hypothesis that people who work outside the home are fitter and happier.
这项调查将被用来检验在外工作的人更健康、更快乐的假设。 - This economic model is really a working hypothesis.
这个经济模型实际上是一个暂定的假说，以便展开分析。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- plausible
- bold
- speculative
- …
- construct
- develop
- form
- …
- concern something
- be based on something
- predict something
- …
- on a/the hypothesis
- hypothesis about
- hypothesis concerning
- …
- to formulate/confirm a hypothesis
- [uncountable] guesses and ideas that are not based on certain knowledge
（凭空的）猜想，猜测 - It would be pointless to engage in hypothesis before we have the facts.
在我们还没掌握事实之前瞎猜是毫无意义的。
- It would be pointless to engage in hypothesis before we have the facts.
词源late 16th cent.: via late Latin from Greek hupothesis ‘foundation’, from hupo ‘under’ + thesis ‘placing’.