supposition

英 [ˌsʌpəˈzɪʃn]

美 [ˌsʌpəˈzɪʃn]

n.  推测的想法; 推断的结论; 推测; 推断

复数：suppositions　

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BNC.14636 / COCA.18056

牛津词典

noun

• 推测的想法；推断的结论
  an idea that you think is true although you may not be able to prove it
  1. 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。
• 推测；推断
  the act of believing or claiming that sth is true even though it cannot be proved
  1. The report is based entirely on supposition.
     这篇报道完全建立在推测的基础上。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 假定;假设;设想
  Asuppositionis an idea or statement which someone believes or assumes to be true, although they may have no evidence for it.
  1. There's a popular supposition that we're publicly funded but the bulk of our money comes from competitive contracts...
     人们普遍认为我们是受公共基金的资助，然而我们大部分资金是通过签订竞争性合同得来的。
  2. But as with many such suppositions in natural history, no one had ever tested it.
     博物学中虽然有许多类似的假设，却从没人对此考证过。
• N-UNCOUNT 毫无根据的想法;无稽之谈
  You can describe someone's ideas or statements assuppositionif you disapprove of the fact that they have no evidence to support them.
  1. The report has been rejected by the authorities, who said much of it was based on supposition or inaccuracy.
     当局驳回了该报告，称其许多内容有的纯属臆测，有的存在偏差错误。

英英释义

noun

• the cognitive process of supposing
  Synonym:supposal
• a hypothesis that is taken for granted
  1. any society is built upon certain assumptions
  Synonym:assumptionsupposal
• a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
  Synonym:guessconjecturesurmisesurmisalspeculationhypothesis

双语例句

• This article firstly introduced the meaning of economic man supposition and its modern expansion, then analyzed the logical rationality and the reality empirical base of the supposition, finally discussed the relation between the premise supposition and the applicable scope of the economic theory.
  摘要首先介绍了经济人假设的含义及现代扩展，然后分析了经济人假设的逻辑合理性和现实经验基础，最后讨论了经济理论的前提假设与经济理论适用范围之间的关系。
• This is only a supposition, but one that tallies completely with my observations.
  这只是一种假设，而是一个完全合乎我的看法。
• We were on the supposition position that they could improve the complex machine.
  我们认为他们能改进这台复杂的机器。
• The positions of the two lines are consistent with this supposition.
  两条线的位置是这种假定相符的。
• The whole plan is based on merely his own supposition.
  整个计划只是建立在他的主观臆断上。
• I cannot even entertain the supposition that*;
  我甚至不能想像
• The accuracy of his supposition has never been confirmed.
  而他的这种假定到底有多精确则从未获得过确认。
• The report has been rejected by the authorities, who said much of it was based on supposition or inaccuracy.
  当局驳回了该报告，称其许多内容有的纯属臆测，有的存在偏差错误。
• His theory is merely based on supposition.
  他的理论只是根据推测而提出的。
• But as with many such suppositions in natural history, no one had ever tested it.
  博物学中虽然有许多类似的假设，却从没人对此考证过。