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

• 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。
• This newspaper article is based on supposition, not on fact.
  报纸上的这篇文章是根据推想，而不是事实。
• "This supposition will, of course, be tested," S& P wrote in its note.
  “当然，这种推测将受到考验，”标普在报告中写道。
• Both parts of that supposition have turned out to be wrong.
  事实证明，这一假设的两个部分都是错误的。
• 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。
• 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。
• All this, of course, is supposition.
  当然，所有这些都是推测。
• 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。
• His theory is merely based on supposition.
  他的理论只是根据推测而提出的。
• The Savage solves it by the supposition of evil Spirits.
  野蛮人的解决办法是假定有邪魔恶怪。