assumption
noun OPAL WOPAL S
/əˈsʌmpʃn/
/əˈsʌmpʃn/
- [countable] a belief or feeling that something is true or that something will happen, although there is no proof
假定；假设 - an underlying/implicit assumption
暗含的假定 - We need to challenge some of the basic assumptions of Western philosophy.
我们有必要向西方哲学的某些基本假设提出质疑。 - We are working on the assumption that everyone invited will turn up.
我们假定了每一个人都会应邀出席并正就此作出安排。 - It was impossible to make assumptions about people's reactions.
臆断人们的反应是不可能的。 - His actions were based on a false assumption.
他的行为基于错误的设想。 - She arrived at college with a whole set of assumptions inherited from her family.
她带着一整套从家庭继承下来的假设来到大学。
- Lots of evidence supports this assumption.
许多证据支持该假设。 - We need to establish a basic set of assumptions before we can continue.
我们需要建立一套基本的假设，然后才能继续。 - Your argument is based on a set of questionable assumptions.
你的论证建立在一套有问题的假设上。 - The underlying assumption is that young people are incapable of knowing their own minds.
潜在的假设是年轻人没有能力了解自己的想法。 - There is a general but false assumption that intelligent people do better in life.
有一种普遍但却是错误的假定，认为聪明的人会生活得更好些。 - They are basing their costs on the assumption that about 10 000 people will need to be rehoused.
他们计算成本时，假设约有1万人需要安置。 - I really don't like you making assumptions about what I think.
我真的不喜欢你对我的想法做出假设。 - She's always making assumptions about how much money people have.
她总在猜人们有多少钱。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- basic
- fundamental
- key
- …
- number
- series
- set
- …
- make
- base something on
- start from
- …
- underlie something
- underpin something
- on the assumption that
- assumption about
- an underlying/implicit assumption
- [countable, uncountable] assumption of something (formal) the act of taking or beginning to have power or responsibility
（责任的）承担；担任；（权力的）获得 - their assumption of power/control
他们权力／控制的取得 - the assumption of responsibility by the government for the disaster
政府对这场灾难承担责任
- their assumption of power/control
词源Middle English: from Old French asompsion or Latin assumptio(n-), from the verb assumere, from ad- ‘towards’ + sumere ‘take’.