Supposition
[,sʌpə'zɪʃ(ə)n] or [,sʌpə'zɪʃən]
解释:
(n.) The act of supposing, laying down, imagining, or considering as true or existing, what is known not to be true, or what is not proved.
(n.) That which is supposed; hypothesis; conjecture; surmise; opinion or belief without sufficient evidence.
格温录入
同义词及近义词：
n. [1]. Surmise, conjecture, guess, presumption.[2]. Hypothesis, postulate, assumed position.
乔斯林编辑
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Conjecture, surmise, assumption, hypothesis, speculation, theory, guess,presumption,[See ADHERENT]
校对:鲁珀特
例句:
- Supposing then, for instance--any unlikely thing will do for a supposition--that you and your mother were to have a serious quarrel. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- This would be the case, even upon the supposition that the whole French goods imported were to be consumed in Great Britain. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- You have possibly had other guns in reserve in case there should be several tigers, or in the unlikely supposition of your own aim failing you. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
- His supposition was tested on a chur ch steeple at Paris, and, later, on the Puy de D?me, a mountain in Au vergne. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- It is impossible, on any other supposition, to account, situated as she is, for her execution to a deed of any kind being wanted at all. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- It is a more probable supposition than murder. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
- The object or cause of this pleasure is, by the supposition, related to self, or the object of pride. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
- When disproved, it is shown to have been a false supposition; when proved, it is no longer hypothetic. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- But that this latter supposition is absurd, I easily convince myself by the consideration of my clear ideas. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
- Such a supposition would be justified from Section 102. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
- The supposition of the continued existence of sensible objects or perceptions involves no contradiction. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
- We imagined what might have happened, acted upon the supposition, and find ourselves justified. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
- It is but a supposition, Mr Wegg. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- I speak now, of course, in the supposition that the gentle reader has not been abroad, and therefore is not already a consummate ass. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- I can answer these questions and objections only on the supposition that the geological record is far more imperfect than most geologists believe. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
- All this I was forced to define and describe by putting cases and making suppositions. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
- Lydgate felt uncomfortable under these kindly suppositions. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- Why then look any farther, or multiply suppositions without necessity? 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
- The absurdity of the two last suppositions proves sufficiently the veracity of the firSt. Nor is there any fourth opinion. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
- But, say that the event was to be, as the event fell out, and how idle are such suppositions! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- He let the kindly suppositions pass. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- I cannot conceive how such trivial qualities of the fancy, conducted by such false suppositions, can ever lead to any solid and rational system. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
- But if we deny this, we must make one of the two following highly improbable suppositions. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
- I think it was you who were first hasty in your false suppositions about my feeling, said Dorothea, in the same tone. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
校对:梅雷迪思