supposition

英[sʌpə'ziʃən]美[sʌpə'ziʃən]

n. 想象,推测,推想

同：	[n.] assumption, conjecture, guess, supposal

hypothesis，assumption，presumption，supposition

这些名词均有“假设，假想”之意。
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。

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。收藏
It must be confessed that a supposition apparently so wild has every probability in its favour.
必须承认，这个假设看上去荒诞之至，倒也完全可能是事实。收藏
The town borrowed money to build the school house,on the supposition that population and property would increase.
这个城镇是在假定今后人口和财产都会增加的情况下，才借钱兴建校舍的。收藏
The positions of the two lines are consistent with this supposition
两条线的位置是这种假定相符的。收藏
The experimental results bear out our supposition.
实验结果证实了我们的假设。收藏

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a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
[同] conjecture, guess, hypothesis, speculation, supposition, surmisal, surmise
a hypothesis that is taken for granted
- any society is built upon certain assumptions
[同] assumption, supposal, supposition

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