presume
verbVerb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they presume | |
| he / she / it presumes | |
| past simple presumed | |
| past participle presumed | |
| -ing form presuming |
- [intransitive, transitive]
to suppose that something is true, although you do not have actual proof 假设；假定 They are very expensive, I presume? 我想这些东西很贵吧？ ‘Is he still abroad?’ ‘I presume so.’ “他还在国外吗？” “我想是吧。” - presume (that)…
I presumed (that) he understood the rules. 我相信他明白这些规则。 - it is presumed that…
Little is known of the youngest son; it is presumed that he died young. 对于最小的儿子一般所知甚少，据推测他已经夭亡。 - presume somebody/something to be/have something
I presumed him to be her husband. 我料想那就是她丈夫。
Extra ExamplesI had presumed wrongly that Jenny would be there. 我猜珍妮会在那儿，结果推断错误。 I presumed that he understood the rules. 我还以为他明白这些规则。 They presume that a woman's partner is supporting her financially, whether this is true or not. 他们假设一个女人的伴侣在经济上支持她，不管这是真是假。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- correctly
- wrongly
- reasonably
- …
- be presumed dead
- be presumed guilty
- be presumed innocent
- …
- [transitive]
to accept that something is true until it is shown not to be true, especially in court （尤指法庭上）推定，假定 - presume somebody/something + adj.
Twelve passengers are missing, presumed dead. 有十二名旅客失踪，并已推定罹难。 In English law, a person is presumed innocent until proved guilty. 英国法律规定，一个人被证明有罪前假定为无罪。 - presume something
We must presume innocence until we have proof of guilt. 在证实一个人有罪之前，我们必须假定其无罪。 - presume somebody/something to be/have something
We must presume them to be innocent until we have proof of guilt. 在证实他们有罪之前，我们必须假定其无罪。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- correctly
- wrongly
- reasonably
- …
- be presumed dead
- be presumed guilty
- be presumed innocent
- …
- presume somebody/something + adj.
- [transitive] presume something (formal)
to accept something as true or existing and to act on that basis 设定；设想；假设 - [intransitive] presume to do something (formal)
to behave in a way that shows a lack of respect by doing something that you have no right to do 妄行；越权行事
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French presumer, from Latin praesumere ‘anticipate’ (in late Latin ‘take for granted’), from prae ‘before’ + sumere ‘take’.