单词 | assume |
释义 | Word Frequency assume(əˈsjuːm) verb (transitive) 1. (may take a clause as object) to take for granted; accept without proof; suppose to assume that someone is sane 2. to take upon oneself; undertake or take on or over (a position, responsibility, etc) to assume office 3. to pretend to; feign he assumed indifference, although the news affected him deeply 4. to take or put on; adopt the problem assumed gigantic proportions 5. to appropriate or usurp (power, control, etc); arrogate the revolutionaries assumed control of the city 6. Christianity (of God) to take up (the soul of a believer) into heaven Derived forms assumable (asˈsumable) adjective assumer (asˈsumer) noun Word origin C15: from Latin assūmere to take up, from sūmere to take up, from sub- + emere to take |
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