- [countable] supposition (that…)
an idea that you think is true although you may not be able to prove it 推测的想法；推断的结论 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。 All the evidence appears to support this supposition. 所有的证据似乎都支持这一假设。 It seems a reasonable supposition. 这似乎是一个合理的假设。
Extra ExamplesLet's work on the supposition that she meant no offence. 咱们先假定她并无恶意吧。 She was charged on the supposition that she had colluded with her husband in the murders. 她因涉嫌与丈夫合谋杀人受到起诉。 They are making all sorts of suppositions about our possible reaction. 他们对我们可能的反应作出了种种推测。 We can make a supposition about how the accident happened. 我们可以先推测一下事故发生的始末。 You are correct in your suppositions about the source of his wealth. 你对他的财富来源的推测是正确的。 There have been some interesting suppositions about the causes of the disease. 对这种疾病的起因有一些有趣的推测。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- reasonable
- mere
- pure
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- make
- be based on
- confirm
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- be correct
- be wrong
- be based on something
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- on (a/the) supposition
- supposition about
- supposition of
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the act of believing or claiming that something is true even though it cannot be proved 推测；推断 The report is based entirely on supposition. 这篇报道完全建立在推测的基础上。 What happened next is a matter of supposition. 接下来发生的事只是猜测。
Extra ExamplesThat is mere supposition! 那只不过是一种推测！ the supposition of innocence 无罪的假设
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- reasonable
- mere
- pure
- …
- make
- be based on
- confirm
- …
- be correct
- be wrong
- be based on something
- …
- on (a/the) supposition
- supposition about
- supposition of
- …
Word Originlate Middle English (as a term in scholastic logic): from Old French, or from late Latin suppositio(n-) (translating Greek hupothesis ‘hypothesis’), from the verb supponere, from sub- ‘from below’ + ponere ‘to place’.