Assumption

[ə'sʌm(p)ʃ(ə)n] or [ə'sʌmpʃən]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) the act of taking possession of or power over something; 'his assumption of office coincided with the trouble in Cuba'; 'the Nazi assumption of power in 1934'; 'he acquired all the company's assets for ten million dollars and the assumption of the company's debts'.

(noun.) the act of assuming or taking for granted; 'your assumption that I would agree was unwarranted'.

(noun.) a hypothesis that is taken for granted; 'any society is built upon certain assumptions'.

(noun.) (Christianity) the taking up of the body and soul of the Virgin Mary when her earthly life had ended.

(noun.) celebration in the Roman Catholic Church of the Virgin Mary's being taken up into heaven when her earthly life ended; corresponds to the Dormition in the Eastern Orthodox Church.

辛迪校對--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) The act of assuming, or taking to or upon one's self; the act of taking up or adopting.

(n.) The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; supposition; unwarrantable claim.

(n.) The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition.

(n.) The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism.

(n.) The taking of a person up into heaven.

(n.) A festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven.

整理:莉莲

同義詞及近義詞：

n. [1]. Assuming, arrogating, usurpation.[2]. Presumption, supposition, conjecture, hypothesis, postulate, theory.[3]. Haughtiness, loftiness, superciliousness, lordliness, stateliness, conceit, pride, conceitedness, self-conceit, self-importance, vain-glory, arrogance, insolence, HAUTEUR.

校對:迈拉

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Arrogance, boldness, impudence, self-confidence, selfreliance, effrontery,presumption, conviction, certainty, self-assertion

ANT:Distrust, timidity, bashfulness, misgiving, self-distrust, consternation,dismay, alarm

校對:劳伦斯

解釋/意思:

n. act of assuming: a supposition: the thing supposed a proposition: (logic) the minor premise in a syllogism.—Assumption of the Virgin a church festival kept on the 15th of August based on the notion that after the death of Mary her soul and body were preserved from corruption and taken up to heaven by Christ and His angels.—Deed of assumption (Scots law) a deed executed by trustees under a trust-deed assuming a new trustee or settlement.

整理:莉莲