| 单词 | suppose |
| 释义 | suppose (once / 22 pages) v If you suppose you love your girlfriend, you may not be too sure. Suppose means to guess, or think, or imagine something without absolute certainty. Best hold off on the engagement ring until you know for sure! Suppose also has the meaning of assuming something hypothetical for the sake of argument. You might ask, "Suppose someone breaks in while I'm away?" Suppose also has the more technical (and often legal) sense of something you must take for granted if some other condition is to happen. Your theory might suppose the victim was home by 8:00. In this last sense, suppose introduces something that's a precondition. WORD FAMILYsuppose: presuppose, supposable, supposal, supposed, supposes, supposing, supposition+/presuppose: presupposed, presupposes, presupposing, presupposition/presupposition: presuppositions/supposable: supposably/supposal: supposals/supposed: supposedly/supposition: suppositional, suppositions, suppositious, supposititious/suppositious: suppositiously/supposititious: supposititiously USAGE EXAMPLESHe said that he is supposed to begin his rehabilitation program towards the middle or end of January. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) The company in this case, the U.S. official said, “did what it was supposed to do.” Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) Why are we supposed to believe, as ironclad certainties, the judgment of intelligence officials who recently failed to anticipate the rise of Islamic State? Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) 1v expect, believe, or suppose Syn|Hypo|Hyper guess, imagine, opine, reckon, think suspect hold in suspicion; believe to be guilty anticipate, expect regard something as probable or likely 2v express a supposition Syn|Hyper say speculate talk over conjecturally, or review in an idle or casual way and with an element of doubt or without sufficient reason to reach a conclusion 3v to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps Syn|Hypo|Hyper conjecture, hypothecate, hypothesise, hypothesize, speculate, theorise, theorize construct, reconstruct, retrace reassemble mentally develop, explicate, formulateelaborate, as of theories and hypotheses etymologise, etymologizeconstruct the history of words maturedevelop and work out fully in one's mind redevelop, reformulateformulate or develop again, of an improved theory or hypothesis anticipate, expect regard something as probable or likely 4v take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand Syn|Hypo|Hyper presuppose posit, postulate take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom premise, premisstake something as preexisting and given assert, insistassert to be true assume, presume, take for granted take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof 5v require as a necessary antecedent or precondition Syn|Hyper presuppose imply suggest as a logically necessary consequence; in logic |
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