hypothesis
noun- [countable]
an idea or explanation of something that is based on a few known facts but that has not yet been proved to be true or correct （有少量事实依据但未被证实的）假说，假设 to formulate/confirm a hypothesis 提出／证实假设 a hypothesis about the function of dreams 关于梦的作用的假说 There is little evidence to support these hypotheses. 几乎没有证据支持这些假设。
Collocations Scientific researchScientific research 科学研究 Theory 理论 - formulate/advance a theory/hypothesis
创立理论；提出假设 - build/construct/create/develop a simple/theoretical/mathematical model
创立一个简单／理论／数学模型 - develop/establish/provide/use a theoretical/conceptual framework
创立／建立／提供／使用理论／概念框架 - advance/argue/develop the thesis that…
提出／论证／详尽阐述…的论题 - explore an idea/a concept/a hypothesis
探讨一个想法／概念／假设 - make a prediction/an inference
预测；推断 - base a prediction/your calculations on something
基于…做出预测／估算 - investigate/evaluate/accept/challenge/reject a theory/hypothesis/model
研究／评估／接受／质疑／拒绝接受一个理论／假设／模型
Experiment 实验 - design an experiment/a questionnaire/a study/a test
设计一项实验／问卷／研究／测试 - do research/an experiment/an analysis
做研究／实验／分析 - make observations/measurements/calculations
观察；测量；计算 - carry out/conduct/perform an experiment/a test/a longitudinal study/observations/clinical trials
进行实验／测试／纵向研究／观察／临床试验 - run an experiment/a simulation/clinical trials
进行实验／模拟／临床试验 - repeat an experiment/a test/an analysis
重做实验／测试／分析 - replicate a study/the results/the findings
做相同的研究；得出同样的结果／调查结果 - observe/study/examine/investigate/assess a pattern/a process/a behaviour
- fund/support the research/project/study
资助／支持研究／项目／专题研究 - seek/provide/get/secure funding for research
寻求／提供／得到／争取到研究资金
Results 结果 - collect/gather/extract data/information
收集／提取数据／信息 - yield data/evidence/similar findings/the same results
得到数据／证据／类似调查结果／相同结果 - analyse/examine the data/soil samples/a specimen
分析／考查数据／土壤样本／样本 - consider/compare/interpret the results/findings
思考／比较／解释结果／调查结果 - fit the data/model
与数据／模型相符合 - confirm/support/verify a prediction/a hypothesis/the results/the findings
证实／支持／核实预测／假设／结果／调查结果 - prove a conjecture/hypothesis/theorem
证明猜测／假设／定理 - draw/make/reach the same conclusions
得出同样的结论 - read/review the records/literature
阅读／评论记录／文献 - describe/report an experiment/a study
描述／报告一项实验／研究 - present/publish/summarize the results/findings
提交／公布／总结结果／调查结果 - present/publish/read/review/cite a paper in a scientific journal
向科学杂志提交一篇论文；在科学杂志发表一篇论文；阅读／评论／引用科学杂志上的一篇论文
Extra ExamplesTopics Scientific researchb2Her hypothesis concerns the role of electromagnetic radiation. 她的假说涉及到电磁辐射的作用。 Her study is based on the hypothesis that language simplification is possible. 她的研究基于语言可以简化这样一个假设。 It is possible to make a hypothesis on the basis of this graph. 以这张图表为基础作出假设是可能的。 None of the hypotheses can be rejected at this stage. 在现阶段任何一个假说都不能排除。 Scientists have proposed a bold hypothesis. 科学家们提出了一个大胆的假设。 She used this data to test her hypothesis 她用这些数据验证她的假设。 The hypothesis predicts that children will perform better on task A than on task B. 这一假设预计孩子们完成任务 A 将比完成任务 B 更出色。 The results confirmed his hypothesis on the use of modal verbs. 结果证实了他的关于情态动词用法的假设。 These observations appear to support our working hypothesis. 这些观察结果看来与我们暂时的假设一致。 a speculative hypothesis concerning the nature of matter 关于物质本质的猜测性假说 an interesting hypothesis about the development of language 关于语言发展的有趣假说 Advances in genetics seem to confirm these hypotheses. 遗传学的进步似乎证实了这些假设。 His hypothesis about what dreams mean provoked a lot of debate. 他关于释梦的假说激起很多争论。 Research supports the hypothesis that language skills are centred in the left side of the brain. 研究支持语言技能集中在大脑左侧的假设。 The survey will be used to test the hypothesis that people who work outside the home are fitter and happier. 这项调查将被用来检验在外工作的人更健康、更快乐的假设。 This economic model is really a working hypothesis. 这个经济模型实际上是一个暂定的假说，以便展开分析。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- plausible
- bold
- speculative
- …
- construct
- develop
- form
- …
- concern something
- be based on something
- predict something
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- on a/the hypothesis
- hypothesis about
- hypothesis concerning
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- [uncountable]
guesses and ideas that are not based on certain knowledge （凭空的）猜想，猜测
Word Originlate 16th cent.: via late Latin from Greek hupothesis ‘foundation’, from hupo ‘under’ + thesis ‘placing’.