hypothesize
verbOPAL W
/haɪˈpɒθəsaɪz/
/haɪˈpɑːθəsaɪz/
(British English also hypothesise)
[transitive, intransitive] (formal)动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they hypothesize | /haɪˈpɒθəsaɪz/ /haɪˈpɑːθəsaɪz/ |
| he / she / it hypothesizes | /haɪˈpɒθəsaɪzɪz/ /haɪˈpɑːθəsaɪzɪz/ |
| past simple hypothesized | /haɪˈpɒθəsaɪzd/ /haɪˈpɑːθəsaɪzd/ |
| past participle hypothesized | /haɪˈpɒθəsaɪzd/ /haɪˈpɑːθəsaɪzd/ |
| -ing form hypothesizing | /haɪˈpɒθəsaɪzɪŋ/ /haɪˈpɑːθəsaɪzɪŋ/ |
- hypothesize (something) | hypothesize that… to suggest a way of explaining something when you do not definitely know about it; to form a hypothesis
假设；假定 - The causes can be hypothesized but not proved.
原因能够被假定，但不能被证实。 - We can only hypothesize that the cases we know about are typical.
我们只能假设我们知道的案例是典型的。 - Let us try to hypothesize a particular market situation.
让我们试着假设一个特定的市场情况。 - There are particular problems that arise when hypothesizing about the origins of the universe.
假设宇宙的起源时，会出现一些特殊的问题。
- The causes can be hypothesized but not proved.