单词 | surmise |
释义 | surmise (səʳmaɪz ) Word forms: surmises , surmising , surmised 1. verb If you surmise that something is true, you guess it from the available evidence, although you do not know for certain. [formal] There's so little to go on, we can only surmise what happened. [VERB wh] He surmised that he had discovered one of the illegal streets. [VERB that] Synonyms: guess, suppose, imagine, presume 2. variable noun If you say that a particular conclusion is surmise, you mean that it is a guess based on the available evidence and you do not know for certain that it is true. [formal] It is mere surmise that Bosch had Brant's poem in mind when doing this painting. His surmise proved correct. Synonyms: guess, speculation, assumption, thought Translations: Chinese: 猜测, 猜测 Japanese: 推測する, 推測 |
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