| 单词 | surmise |
| 释义 | surmise (once / 878 pages) vn If you see the empty ice cream containers, the sprinkles littering the ground, a kicked can of Reddi-wip in the trash, you can surmise what has happened: Sundaes. To surmise is to form an opinion or make a guess about something. If you surmise that something is true, you don't have much evidence or knowledge about it. Near synonyms are guess, conjecture, and suppose. You might say, "I can't even surmise what he would do in such a situation." Surmise came to English from the French surmettre "to accuse," which is formed from the prefix sur- "on, upon" plus mettre "to put" (from Latin mittere "to send"). WORD FAMILYsurmise: surmisable, surmisal, surmised, surmises, surmising USAGE EXAMPLESThe latter poll, which suggested Clinton was ahead by six points — outside the margin of error — also surmised a seven-point Democratic registration advantage. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) “It’s hard because she doesn’t like me,” said Tawny, who surmised that Georgee was confused about how Tawny fit into the family. Washington Times(Dec 24, 2016) But after the pictures turned up online Norma’s mother, Arlene, looked up the New Jersey legal code and surmised that Morcos had broken a law. The New Yorker(Nov 27, 2016) 1v infer from incomplete evidence Hyper deduce, deduct, derive, infer reason by deduction; establish by deduction 2v imagine to be the case or true or probable I surmised that the butler did it Syn|Hyper suspect guess, hazard, pretend, venture put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation 3n a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence Syn|Hypo|Hyper conjecture, guess, hypothesis, speculation, supposition, surmisal divination successful conjecture by unusual insight or good luck opinion, view a message expressing a belief about something; the expression of a belief that is held with confidence but not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof |
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