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

• If you had any sense of history, you would not make such a ridiculous supposition.
  如果你有点历史观，你就不会做出这么可笑的假设。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The story is based on supposition.
  这故事是以假想为基础的。
• 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。
• His theory is merely based on supposition.
  他的理论只是根据推测而提出的。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。