Conjecture
[kən'dʒektʃə] or [kən'dʒɛktʃɚ]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) reasoning that involves the formation of conclusions from incomplete evidence.
校對:奥利弗--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) An opinion, or judgment, formed on defective or presumptive evidence; probable inference; surmise; guess; suspicion.
(v. t.) To arrive at by conjecture; to infer on slight evidence; to surmise; to guess; to form, at random, opinions concerning.
(v. i.) To make conjectures; to surmise; to guess; to infer; to form an opinion; to imagine.
校對:马蒂
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Supposition, surmise, guess, hypothesis, theory.
v. a. Surmise, guess, suppose, divine, suspect.
v. n. Surmise, guess, suppose, suspect, fancy, dare say, take it, hazard the conjecture.
校對:菲利斯
同義詞及反義詞：
[See SUPPOSE]
SYN:guest, divination, hypothesis, theory, notion, surmise, supposition
ANT:Computation, calculation, inference, reckoning, proof, deduction
校對:莱斯利
解釋/意思:
n. a forecast: an opinion formed on slight or defective evidence: an opinion without proof: a guess: an idea.—v.t. to make conjectures regarding: to infer on slight evidence: to guess.—adjs. Conject′urable that may be conjectured; Conject′ural involving conjecture: given to conjecture.—adv. Conject′urally.
整理:胡安妮塔
例句/造句/用法:
- It was a painful, but not an improbable, conjecture. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- Your conjecture is totally wrong, I assure you. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- Nor were we mistaken in our conjecture. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- To what extent the motion-picture business may grow in the not remote future it is impossible to conjecture, for it has taken a place in the front rank of rapidly increasing enterprises. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- It must, however, be admitted that in many instances we cannot conjecture whether it was instinct or structure which first varied. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- By a s tudy of the star catalogues this conjecture was soon verified. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- It was she who was to do for him, and the general conjecture now ran that she did for him accordingly. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Conjectureaye, sometimes one conjectures right, and sometimes one conjectures wrong. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- Conjectures as to the meaning of it, rapid and wild, hurried into her brain; but she was satisfied with none. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- From which, said Wemmick, conjectures had been raised and theories formed. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- He had fallen into the way of dwelling on such conjectures as a means of tying his thoughts fast to reality. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- I never had any conjectures about it, replied Margaret; it was you who told me of it yourself. 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- Briggs coincided as usual, and the previous attachment was then discussed in conjectures. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- As late as 1788 Franklin wrote his queries and conjectures relating to magnetism and the theory of the earth. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- Again, it is conjectured that bismuth is the end-product of the thorium series. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- Again he laughed, adding, It is precisely as I conjectured. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- The declivity was so small, that I walked near a mile before I got to the shore, which I conjectured was about eight o'clock in the evening. 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
- Others conjectured that she was going to be married, and that the settlements were preparing. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- They undoubtedly showed that the affair was much deeper than was at first conjectured. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- Well, it is conjectured to be so. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- He conjectured that in vaccinal immunity the virus is accompanied by a substance which makes the nervous tissue unfavorable for the development of the mic robe. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- You were right in conjecturing that I wrote the remarks on the '_thoughts concerning executive justice_. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- The Colonel and his aide-de-camp went out to meet the gentleman, rightly conjecturing that he was an emissary of Lord Steyne. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Rightly conjecturing that this was the Blue Boar himself, he stepped into the house, and inquired concerning his parent. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- The rest of the evening was spent in conjecturing how soon he would return Mr. Bennet's visit, and determining when they should ask him to dinner. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
錄入:尼科尔