记忆方法
1. sup- "under" + posit- + -ion.
2. 字面含义：put or place under.
3. => assume as the basis of argument. => admit as possible, to believe to be true.
4. => assumption, hypothesis.
5. influenced by Greek hypothesis.
6. supposition hypothesis. 它们有殊途同归、异曲同工之妙。
2. 字面含义：put or place under.
3. => assume as the basis of argument. => admit as possible, to believe to be true.
4. => assumption, hypothesis.
5. influenced by Greek hypothesis.
6. supposition hypothesis. 它们有殊途同归、异曲同工之妙。
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词族 · supposition
中文词源
supposition 推测，推断，想法
suppose,猜测，推测，-ition,名词后缀。
英语词源
- supposition (n.)
- early 15c., a term in logic, "assumption, hypothesis," from Medieval Latin suppositionem (nominative suppositio) "assumption, hypothesis, a supposition," noun of action from past participle stem of supponere (see suppose); influenced by Greek hypothesis. In classical Latin, "a putting under, substitution." Earlier in English in the same sense was supposal (late 14c.). Related: Suppositional; suppositionally.
权威例句
- 1. The police are working on the supposition that he was murdered.
- 警方正根据他被谋杀的假定展开调查。
- 2. The police are acting on the supposition that she took the money.
- 警察正按照她偷了钱的猜想采取行动.
- 3. The whole plan is based on merely his own supposition.
- 整个计划只是建立在他的主观臆断上.
- 4. His version of the events is pure supposition.
- 他对这件事的说法纯属猜测.
- 5. The story is based on supposition.
- 这故事是以假想为基础的.
词语辨析
【supposition, assumption, hypothesis, presumption】
这组词都有“假设，假想”的意思，其区别是：
supposition: 可与assumption换用，还可表某种试探性的主观看法或建议。
assumption: 侧重主观推测或主观设想。
hypothesis: 书面用词，指有待作进一步检验或证实的假设。
presumption: 着重指以可能性为依据的假设。
这组词都有“假设，假想”的意思，其区别是：
supposition: 可与assumption换用，还可表某种试探性的主观看法或建议。
assumption: 侧重主观推测或主观设想。
hypothesis: 书面用词，指有待作进一步检验或证实的假设。
presumption: 着重指以可能性为依据的假设。