Presume

[prɪ'zjuːm] or [prɪ'zum]

解释:

(verb.) take liberties or act with too much confidence.

(verb.) constitute reasonable evidence for; 'A restaurant bill presumes the consumption of food'.

校对:迈拉--From WordNet

解释:

(v. t.) To assume or take beforehand; esp., to do or undertake without leave or authority previously obtained.

(v. t.) To take or suppose to be true, or entitled to belief, without examination or proof, or on the strength of probability; to take for granted; to infer; to suppose.

(v. i.) To suppose or assume something to be, or to be true, on grounds deemed valid, though not amounting to proof; to believe by anticipation; to infer; as, we may presume too far.

(v. i.) To venture, go, or act, by an assumption of leave or authority not granted; to go beyond what is warranted by the circumstances of the case; to venture beyond license; to take liberties; -- often with on or upon before the ground of confidence.

整理:康拉德

同义词及近义词：

v. n. [1]. Suppose, conjecture, think, surmise, believe.[2]. Venture, dare, make bold.

v. a. Consider, deem, think, believe, suppose, take for granted.

校对:梅勒妮

同义词及反义词：

SYN:Suppose, anticipate, apprehend, venture, take_for_granted, conjecture, believe,deem

ANT:Infer, deduce, prove, argue, retire, withdraw, hesitate, distrust

编辑:米兰达

解释:

v.t. to take as true without examination or proof: to take for granted.—v.i. to venture beyond what one has ground for: to act forwardly or without proper right.—adj. Presūm′able that may be presumed or supposed to be true.—adv. Presūm′ably.—adj. Presūm′ing venturing without permission: unreasonably bold.—adv. Presūm′ingly.—n. Presump′tion act of presuming: supposition: strong probability: that which is taken for granted: confidence grounded on something not proved: conduct going beyond proper bounds: (law) an assuming of the truth of certain facts from the existence of others having some connection with them.—adj. Presump′tive presuming: grounded on probable evidence: (law) proving circumstantially.—adv. Presump′tively.—Presumptive evidence evidence for a fact derived from other facts having some connection with it: indirect evidence.—Heir presumptive the person not son or daughter at present next in succession to any living person.

整理:内莉