supposition是什么意思？

supposition

英[ˌsʌpəˈzɪʃn] 美[ˌsʌpəˈzɪʃən]

• n. 猜测， 推测，假定，猜想；

复数：suppositions;

例句

• She was charged on the supposition that she had colluded with her husband in the murders. 她被指控涉嫌与丈夫合谋杀人。
• His version of the events is pure supposition. 他对这件事的说法纯属猜测.
• The police are acting on the supposition that she took the money. 警察正按照她偷了钱的猜想采取行动.
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。

同义词解析

• 以下这些名词均有"假设，假想" 的意思
  hypothesis：书面用词，指有待作进一步检验或证实的假设。
  assumption：侧重主观推测或主观设想。
  presumption：着重指以可能性为依据的假设。
  supposition可与assumption换用，还可表某种试探性的主观看法或建议。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  假定;假设;设想
  A supposition is an idea or statement which someone believes or assumes to be true, although they may have no evidence for it.
  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。 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 as supposition if you disapprove of the fact that they have no evidence to support them.
  例句
  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。

英汉词典释义

• n.
  猜测, 推测, 假定
  His version of the events is pure supposition. 他对这件事的说法纯属猜测。
  假定;猜想
  The police are acting on the supposition that she took the money. 警察正按照她偷了钱的猜想采取行动。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
  2. a hypothesis that is taken for granted;
  "any society is built upon certain assumptions"
  3. the cognitive process of supposing