supposition

.sʌpә'ziʃәn

托福雅思

n. the cognitive process of supposing

n. 想像, 推测, 推想
[法] 假定, 推定, 推测

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BNC 频率

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使用频率

“supposition”由前缀“sup-”（在下面）和词根“posit”（放置）以及后缀“-ion”（名词后缀）组成。可以理解为“放置在下面的想法或假设”。

例句

1. The teacher made a supposition about why the student was late.

老师对学生迟到的原因作了一个假设。

2. Her supposition that the project would succeed was proven right.

她对项目会成功的假设得到了验证。

3. We cannot act on a supposition without any evidence.

我们不能在没有任何证据的情况下根据假设采取行动。