supposition
英 [ˌsʌpəˈzɪʃn]
美 [ˌsʌpəˈzɪʃn]
n. 推测的想法; 推断的结论; 推测; 推断
复数:suppositions
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- 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。
- The police are working on the supposition that he was murdered.
- 推测;推断
the act of believing or claiming that sth is true even though it cannot be proved- The report is based entirely on supposition.
这篇报道完全建立在推测的基础上。
- The report is based entirely on supposition.
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.- 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。 - 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。
- There's a popular supposition that we're publicly funded but the bulk of our money comes from competitive contracts...
- 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.- 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。
- The report has been rejected by the authorities, who said much of it was based on supposition or inaccuracy.
英英释义
noun
- the cognitive process of supposing
- a hypothesis that is taken for granted
- any society is built upon certain assumptions
- a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
双语例句
- 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。 - I cannot even entertain the supposition that*;
我甚至不能想像 - We must not condemn her on pure supposition.
我们不能单凭臆测而谴责她。 - The theory of human nature supposition is an analysis and classification of human predilection of psychological behavior.
人性假设理论是对人的心理行为偏好的分析和归类。 - That's a huge supposition.
那是一个巨大的推测。 - This supposition is supported by the evidence from both ancient literature and modern dialect.
这个观点可以得到传世文献材料和现代方言材料两个方面证据的支持。 - The supposition of this strategy ties up the inheritance mode of resistance.
该策略的前提条件是与抗性遗传方式密切相关。 - I was acting on the supposition that what he told me was true.
我假定他所告诉我的是真的才采取行动。 - This is an absurd supposition.
这更是荒谬的主观臆断。 - After surveying the cross section date in the society, the supposition and theory model was confirmed and revised by structural equation model ( SEM).
通过横截面数据调查,采用结构方程模型(SEM)的分析方法,对假设和理论模型进行验证和修正。