hypothesize
verb(British English also hypothesise)
[transitive, intransitive] (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they hypothesize | |
| he / she / it hypothesizes | |
| past simple hypothesized | |
| past participle hypothesized | |
| -ing form hypothesizing |
- hypothesize (something) | hypothesize that…
to suggest a way of explaining something when you do not definitely know about it; to form a hypothesis 假设；假定 The causes can be hypothesized but not proved. 原因能够被假定，但不能被证实。 We can only hypothesize that the cases we know about are typical. 我们只能假设我们知道的案例是典型的。 Let us try to hypothesize a particular market situation. 让我们试着假设一个特定的市场情况。 There are particular problems that arise when hypothesizing about the origins of the universe. 假设宇宙的起源时，会出现一些特殊的问题。