| 词汇 | presume |
| 释义 | presume verb uk /prɪˈzjuːm/ us /prɪˈzuːm/ presumeverb (BELIEVE)C1[ T ] to believe something to be true because it is very likely, although you are not certain: 假定，推定，认定 [ + (that) ]I presume (that) they're not coming, since they haven't replied to the invitation.鉴于他们没有回复邀请，我认为他们不会来了。 [ + speech ]You are Dr Smith, I presume?我想你是史密斯博士吧？ "Are we walking to the hotel?" "I presume not/so."“我们走着去旅馆吗？”“我想不是／是的。” [ + obj + adj ]The boat's captain is missing, presumed dead(= it is believed that he is dead).这条船的船长失踪了，估计是死了。 In British law, you are presumed innocent until you are proved guilty.按英国法律，在证明你有罪前，假定你是无辜的。 [ + obj + to infinitive ]The universe is presumed to contain many other planets with some form of life.据推测，宇宙中很多其他的行星上有某种形式的生命存在。 You were sniffing a lot - I presumed you had a cold. She said it in a whisper so I presumed it wasn't common knowledge. "Is he coming?" "I presume so." Under the Bill of Rights, a person is presumed innocent until proved otherwise. A person accused of a crime is presumed innocent until proven guilty.一个被指控犯罪的人在被证明有罪之前是假定无罪的。 Guessing, supposing and suspecting approximate as muchidiom call conjecture consider deem fall guess jump jump to conclusionsidiom mark mark someone down as something misjudge misjudgment pluck presuppose supposably surmise think of something unguessable presumeverb (BE RUDE)[ I ] to do something although you know that you do not have a right to do it: 冒昧（做），擅（做）;越权行事 [ + to infinitive ]I wouldn't presume to tell you how to do your job, but shouldn't this piece go there?我不想冒昧地教你该如何工作，但这个零件不是应该装在那里吗？ I don't wish to presume (= make a suggestion although I have no right to), but don't you think you should apologize to her?恕我冒昧，但你难道不觉得应该向她道歉吗？ He presumes on her good nature (= takes unfair advantage of it).他利用了她的善良本性。 Rude and cheeky backchat cheekily cheekiness cheeky churlishly churlishness coarse-grained cocky fruity indelicate neanderthal obnoxiously obnoxiousness offensively offensiveness pertly sass unceremonious unpleasant unprintable presume | American Dictionarypresume verb us/prɪˈzum/ presumeverb (BELIEVE)[ T ] to believe something to be true because it is likely, although not certain: [ + (that) clause ]I presume (that) they’re not coming, since they haven’t replied to the invitation. People accused of a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty. presumeverb (BE RUDE)[ I ] to be rude by doing something you know that you do not have a right to do: [ + to infinitive ]How can you presume to criticize me when you did the same thing yourself? presumablyadverb[ not gradable ]us/prɪˈzu·mə·bli/ Presumably they can afford to buy an apartment, or they wouldn’t be looking. Examples of presumepresume Experimentation with subjective illumination and dynamics were conducted with the themes once they had been stated and their existence could be presumed. One might think that at least judges and legislators must be presumed to regard the legal obligations as a species of moral obligation. Similarly, a covariational pattern, if asserted as causal, presumes a (yet to be identified) causal mechanism. Policy makers presumed that the gold standard was to be modi®ed only temporarily to accommodate the imperatives of war and postwar reconstruction. 1 path is usually presumed to be the unique solution where bubbles are absent. At the same time, he presumed that these "homogeneous substances, elements, principles or simple bodies" were incorruptible and non-convertible to each other. Even in the absence of empirical evidence a counterfactual argument always presumes a pattern of covariational evidence. The assumption is that schooling facilitates learning which, in turn, is presumed to instill a favorable attitude towards the use of improved farm practices41. Glycogen particles are not present within the organelles, and it is presumed that the contents are a type of mucopolysaccharide. We therefore ran correlations with demographic variables, which could be presumed to be exogenous. The contract presumes a worker model for insurance that has no place for the 'caring worker'. Attempts to identify additional end-products presumed to be formed during aerobic carbohydrate metabolism in the filarial worm have been unsuccessful. Where cooperation succeeds, trust may be presumed to follow. Reproductive recovery is presumed to provide the selective pressure favouring evolution of a lethal host response. The interviewer presumes that this is so and draws on this ability of his patient. See all examples of presume These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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