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单词 suppose
释义 sup·pose
I. \səˈpōz, rapid often ˈspōz\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English supposen, from Middle French supposer, modification (influenced by poser to put, place) of Medieval Latin supponere to suppose, assume, from Latin, to put under, substitute (perfect stem suppos-), from sub- + ponere to put, place — more at position, pose
transitive verb
1. obsolete : anticipate
2.
 a. : to lay down as a postulate or usually a hypothesis or assumption : accept tentatively as true or real : assume as true for the sake of argument or exposition
  < suppose an epidemic of typhoid should break out — K.F.Zeisler >
  < this is the form we have supposed them to have in the above discussion — W.S.Sellars >
 b.
  (1) : to hold as belief or opinion : believe, think
   < the new recruits supposed with some reason that they were advancing democratic objectives — M.W.Straight >
  (2) : to think probable or in keeping with the facts : entertain as likely or probably true
   < it is supposed that the pressure … may reach three hundred pounds per square inch — W.J.V.Osterhout >
  (3) : to believe on slight grounds or without grounds : hold mistakenly or without sufficient proof : presume
   < the imagination feigns something unknown and invisible which it supposes to continue the same despite all variation of quality — Frank Thilly >
   < numerous pretty things, or things supposed to be pretty — Herbert Spencer >
3.
 a. : to form a conception of : conceive, imagine
  < your mother says “Pray send my dear love”. There is hardly room to add mine, but you will suppose it — William Cowper >
 b. : to have a notion or suspicion of : apprehend, suspect
4. obsolete : pretend
5. archaic : to put in place of another : substitute
6. : to imply as an antecedent : presuppose
 < every sound taxing system supposes such a surplus — J.A.Hobson >
intransitive verb
: conjecture, think, opine
II. noun
(-s)
: supposition, conjecture
 < would baffle the wildest suppose — George Woodbury >
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