Presumption
[prɪ'zʌm(p)ʃ(ə)n] or [pri'zʌmpʃən]
解释:
(noun.) a kind of discourtesy in the form of an act of presuming; 'his presumption was intolerable'.
(noun.) audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to; 'he despised them for their presumptuousness'.
(noun.) (law) an inference of the truth of a fact from other facts proved or admitted or judicially noticed.
校对:利昂--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) The act of presuming, or believing upon probable evidence; the act of assuming or taking for granted; belief upon incomplete proof.
(n.) Ground for presuming; evidence probable, but not conclusive; strong probability; reasonable supposition; as, the presumption is that an event has taken place.
(n.) That which is presumed or assumed; that which is supposed or believed to be real or true, on evidence that is probable but not conclusive.
(n.) The act of venturing beyond due beyond due bounds; an overstepping of the bounds of reverence, respect, or courtesy; forward, overconfident, or arrogant opinion or conduct; presumptuousness; arrogance; effrontery.
安布尔手打
同义词及近义词:
n. [1]. Opinion, belief, supposition, conjecture, guess.[2]. Arrogance, forwardness, audacity, assurance, effrontery, brass, CHEEK.[3]. Probability, ground for believing.
卡莱尔编辑
同义词及反义词:
SYN:Anticipation, supposition, hypothesis, probability, assumption, understanding,condition, concession, forwardness, arrogance, audacity, boldness
ANT:Proof, deduction, inference, demonstration, verification, fact, certainty,modesty, diffidence, backwardness, bashfulness, hesitation
手打:米格尔
例句:
- He had come in really tired, and after I had given him his tea, he threw himself into my chair with his customary presumption. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- This match, to which you have the presumption to aspire, can never take place. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
- One King, holding the curse in light estimation, made the attempt, but was stricken sorely for his presumption. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- There does not exist the man in England with adequate presumption. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- Their absurd presumption in their own good fortune has been less taken notice of. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- I tell you that's one side of your conduct--Insolence and Presumption. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- Miss Woodhouse, believe me I have not the presumption to suppose Indeed I am not so mad. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
- No doubt he attributed it for the time to the presumption of a graduate of West Point over a volunteer pure and simple. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U.S.格兰特的个人回忆录.
- But I pleased HIM (for my sins) and he had the presumption to tell me so. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- If he wanted, he would send for her; and even to offer an early return was a presumption which hardly anything would have seemed to justify. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
- So mortally did I fear the sin and weakness of presumption. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- No, interrupted the general, Fisher would never surprise me by his presumption. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
- Such evidence is to be received with great caution, and the presumption of novelty arising from the grant of the patent is not to be overcome except upon clear and convincing proof. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- He might have doubled his presumption to mebut poor Harriet! 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
- There is a strong presumption that the person whom McCarthy expected to meet him at Boscombe Pool was someone who had been in Australia. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
手打:玛莎