presuming

英 [prɪˈzjuːmɪŋ]

美 [prɪˈzuːmɪŋ]

v.  假设; 假定; 推定; 设定; 设想
presume的现在分词

柯林斯词典

• VERB （不肯定地）认为，相信，推测
  If youpresume thatsomething is the case, you think that it is the case, although you are not certain.
  1. I presume you're here on business...
     我想你是来这里出差的。
  2. Dido's told you the whole sad story, I presume?...
     我想狄多已经把这件伤心事全部告诉你了吧？
  3. 'Had he been home all week?' — 'I presume so.'
     “他整个星期都在家吗？”——“我想是这样的。”
  4. ...areas that have been presumed to be safe...
     被认为很安全的地方
  5. The missing person is presumed dead.
     那名失踪者已被认定死亡。
• VERB 冒昧；擅自主张；妄行
  If you say that someonepresumes todo something, you mean that they do it even though they have no right to do it.
  1. They're resentful that outsiders presume to meddle in their affairs...
     他们对外人擅自干预他们的事务非常愤慨。
  2. I wouldn't presume to question your judgment.
     我不会冒昧地质疑你的判断。
• VERB 假设；假定
  If an idea, theory, or planpresumescertain facts, it regards them as true so that they can be used as a basis for further ideas and theories.
  1. The legal definition of 'know' often presumes mental control...
     “知晓”的法律定义通常假定存在思维控制能力。
  2. The arrangement presumes that both lenders and borrowers are rational.
     这一协议假定借贷双方都是在神志清楚的状态下签订的。

双语例句

• Try to hear the meaning behind the words without presuming you already know.
  不要不懂装懂，尽量听出言外之意。
• But presuming the existence of state is to recognize the existence of sovereignty.
  但如果假定了国家的存在，也就确定了主权的存在。
• What's the most right way to go presuming I do wanna be an entrepreneur?
  哪条路才是正确的呢？，假设我就是要做一个企业家？
• You're presuming that we have other submarines ready to launch.
  你在推测有另一艘潜艇已做好准备。
• But presuming that your promotion does not come completely out of the blue, what practical steps can a leader take to be ready to perform?
  不过，你的升迁恐怕也不完全是那么突然的事，那么，一个领导人可以采取哪些实际的步骤，为自己的新官上任做准备呢？
• Pray forgive me if I have been very presuming, or at least do not punish me so far as to exclude me from P. I shall never be quite happy till I have been all round the park.
  如果我说得太放肆了，还得请你原谅，至少不要处罚我太厉害，将来连彭伯里也不许我去啊。我要把那个花园逛遍了，才会心满意足。
• Presuming nothing, Livingstone reasoned that the famous portrait's flickering smile is caused by the way we see.
  其实没什么其它原因，Livingstone将蒙娜丽莎这个著名画像的如闪即逝的微笑的原因归为我们看它的方式。
• That can potentially distort the way these computer models work, since it means that bankers are effectively presuming that the future will be similar to the past but based purely on very recent experience.
  这种情况可能会扭曲这些电脑模型的运行方式，因为这意味着，银行家非常确信地假定未来将与过去一样但他的依据完全是非常近期的经验。
• Instead of presuming the partial development of university size, it indicates the adjustment and innovation of Chinese university construction.
  绝非意味着某一类型或某些层面的高校规模片面地发展，而是意味着高校结构整体的重大调整和创新；
• Presuming innocence avoids an accusation and gets the conversation started off right.
  假设无辜可以避免做出指责，可以立即打开对话。