presume
verb /prɪˈzjuːm/
/prɪˈzuːm/
动词形式
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they presume | /prɪˈzjuːm/ /prɪˈzuːm/ |
| he / she / it presumes | /prɪˈzjuːmz/ /prɪˈzuːmz/ |
| past simple presumed | /prɪˈzjuːmd/ /prɪˈzuːmd/ |
| past participle presumed | /prɪˈzjuːmd/ /prɪˈzuːmd/ |
| -ing form presuming | /prɪˈzjuːmɪŋ/ /prɪˈzuːmɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] to suppose that something is true, although you do not have actual proof
假设；假定 - They are very expensive, I presume?
我想这些东西很贵吧？ - ‘Is he still abroad?’ ‘I presume so.’
“他还在国外吗？” “我想是吧。” - presume (that)… I presumed (that) he understood the rules.
我相信他明白这些规则。 - it is presumed that… Little is known of the youngest son; it is presumed that he died young.
对于最小的儿子一般所知甚少，据推测他已经夭亡。 - presume somebody/something to be/have something I presumed him to be her husband.
我料想那就是她丈夫。
- I had presumed wrongly that Jenny would be there.
我猜珍妮会在那儿，结果推断错误。 - I presumed that he understood the rules.
我还以为他明白这些规则。 - They presume that a woman's partner is supporting her financially, whether this is true or not.
他们假设一个女人的伴侣在经济上支持她，不管这是真是假。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- correctly
- wrongly
- reasonably
- …
- be presumed dead
- be presumed guilty
- be presumed innocent
- …
- They are very expensive, I presume?
- [transitive] to accept that something is true until it is shown not to be true, especially in court
（尤指法庭上）推定，假定 - presume somebody/something + adj. Twelve passengers are missing, presumed dead.
有十二名旅客失踪，并已推定罹难。 - In English law, a person is presumed innocent until proved guilty.
英国法律规定，一个人被证明有罪前假定为无罪。 - presume something We must presume innocence until we have proof of guilt.
在证实一个人有罪之前，我们必须假定其无罪。 - presume somebody/something to be/have something We must presume them to be innocent until we have proof of guilt.
在证实他们有罪之前，我们必须假定其无罪。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- correctly
- wrongly
- reasonably
- …
- be presumed dead
- be presumed guilty
- be presumed innocent
- …
- presume somebody/something + adj. Twelve passengers are missing, presumed dead.
- [transitive] presume something (formal) to accept something as true or existing and to act on that basis
设定；设想；假设 - The course seems to presume some previous knowledge of the subject.
这门课程似乎是以具备某些基础知识为前提的。
- The course seems to presume some previous knowledge of the subject.
- [intransitive] presume to do something (formal) to behave in a way that shows a lack of respect by doing something that you have no right to do
妄行；越权行事 - I wouldn't presume to tell you how to run your own business.
我不会僭越去指点你该如何经营你自己的事业。
- I wouldn't presume to tell you how to run your own business.
词源late Middle English: from Old French presumer, from Latin praesumere ‘anticipate’ (in late Latin ‘take for granted’), from prae ‘before’ + sumere ‘take’.