suppose

1. sup- "under" + pos- + -e.
2. 字面含义：put or place under.
3. => assume as the basis of argument. => admit as possible, to believe to be true.

suppose 认为，假设，推测，猜测

sup-,在下，-pos,放置，词源同 position,propose.引申词义认为，假设等。

suppose

suppose: [14] Latin suppōnere meant literally ‘put under’ (it was a compound verb formed from the prefix sub- ‘under’ and pōnere ‘put, place’, source of English position, and its original meaning is best preserved in English suppository [14], literally ‘something placed underneath’). From it was derived the noun suppositiō, which, on the analogy of Greek hupóthesis (source of English hypothesis [16], and itself made up of elements meaning literally ‘under’ and ‘put’), came to be used for an ‘assumption’ – English gets supposition [15] from it.

This meaning then fed back into the verb, which English acquired via Old French supposer.
=> position, suppository

suppose (v.)

early 14c., "to assume as the basis of argument," from Old French suposer "to assume" (13c.), probably a replacement (influenced by Old French poser "put, place") of *suppondre, from Latin supponere "put or place under; to subordinate, make subject," from sub "under" (see sub-) + ponere "put, place" (past participle positus; see position (n.)). Meaning "to admit as possible, to believe to be true" is from 1520s.

1. I get a bit uptight these days. Hormones, I suppose.

这些天我有点焦躁。我看是荷尔蒙在作怪。

2. Who do you suppose will replace her on the show?

你觉得谁会代替她参加这场演出？

3. In a way, I suppose I'm frightened of failing.

我想我有点惧怕失败。

4. There's nothing to keep us here, is there? — I suppose not.

这里没有什么让我们留恋的，对吧？——我想没有。

5. I refused her a divorce, out of spite I suppose.

我拒绝和她离婚，就是为了出口恶气。

【presume, suppose, guess, postulate, assume】
这组词都有“假设，猜想，推测”的意思，其区别是：
presume: 侧重以过去经验或根据现实的某些感觉把某事认定为是事实。
suppose: 常用词，意义较广泛，指缺乏确切事实，根据一些现象进行的推测，也可指为论证而提出合乎逻辑推理的某种假定，有时仅表示自己的意见。
guess: 常用词，指毫无根据仅凭个人主观臆断或碰运气的猜测。
postulate: 指为证实一个理论的正确性而进行的假设。
assume: 指有很少或完全无根据的武断推测或不合逻辑的推理。