hypothesis

hai'pɒθәsis
六级考研托福雅思GRE Collins 1

英文释义

n. a proposal intended to explain certain facts or observations
n. a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena

中文翻译

n. 假设
[化] 假设

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Collins 星级
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BNC 频率
3,377
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记忆技巧

hypothesis 可以拆分为前缀 hypo-（意为“在下面”或“少”）和词根 thesis（意为“论点”或“假设”）。整体意思是“在下面的论点”，表示一种待验证的假设。

例句

1. Scientists often test a hypothesis before accepting it as true.
科学家们通常在接受假设为真之前进行测试。
2. Her hypothesis about the effects of sleep on learning was published in a journal.
她关于睡眠对学习影响的假设发表在了一本期刊上。
3. We need to gather more data to support our hypothesis.
我们需要收集更多数据来支持我们的假设。

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