supposition
noun /ˌsʌpəˈzɪʃn/
/ˌsʌpəˈzɪʃn/
(formal)- [countable] supposition (that…) an idea that you think is true although you may not be able to prove it
推测的想法；推断的结论 - 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。 - All the evidence appears to support this supposition.
所有的证据似乎都支持这一假设。 - It seems a reasonable supposition.
这似乎是一个合理的假设。
- Let's work on the supposition that she meant no offence.
咱们先假定她并无恶意吧。 - She was charged on the supposition that she had colluded with her husband in the murders.
她因涉嫌与丈夫合谋杀人受到起诉。 - They are making all sorts of suppositions about our possible reaction.
他们对我们可能的反应作出了种种推测。 - We can make a supposition about how the accident happened.
我们可以先推测一下事故发生的始末。 - You are correct in your suppositions about the source of his wealth.
你对他的财富来源的推测是正确的。 - There have been some interesting suppositions about the causes of the disease.
对这种疾病的起因有一些有趣的推测。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- reasonable
- mere
- pure
- …
- make
- be based on
- confirm
- …
- be correct
- be wrong
- be based on something
- …
- on (a/the) supposition
- supposition about
- supposition of
- …
- The police are working on the supposition that he was murdered.
- [uncountable] the act of believing or claiming that something is true even though it cannot be proved
推测；推断 - The report is based entirely on supposition.
这篇报道完全建立在推测的基础上。 - What happened next is a matter of supposition.
接下来发生的事只是猜测。
- That is mere supposition!
那只不过是一种推测！ - the supposition of innocence
无罪的假设
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- reasonable
- mere
- pure
- …
- make
- be based on
- confirm
- …
- be correct
- be wrong
- be based on something
- …
- on (a/the) supposition
- supposition about
- supposition of
- …
- The report is based entirely on supposition.
词源late Middle English (as a term in scholastic logic): from Old French, or from late Latin suppositio(n-) (translating Greek hupothesis ‘hypothesis’), from the verb supponere, from sub- ‘from below’ + ponere ‘to place’.