suppositions

英 [ˌsʌpəˈzɪʃənz]

美 [ˌsʌpəˈzɪʃənz]

n.  推测的想法; 推断的结论; 推测; 推断
supposition的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 假定;假设;设想
  Asuppositionis an idea or statement which someone believes or assumes to be true, although they may have no evidence for it.
  1. There's a popular supposition that we're publicly funded but the bulk of our money comes from competitive contracts...
     人们普遍认为我们是受公共基金的资助，然而我们大部分资金是通过签订竞争性合同得来的。
  2. But as with many such suppositions in natural history, no one had ever tested it.
     博物学中虽然有许多类似的假设，却从没人对此考证过。
• N-UNCOUNT 毫无根据的想法;无稽之谈
  You can describe someone's ideas or statements assuppositionif you disapprove of the fact that they have no evidence to support them.
  1. The report has been rejected by the authorities, who said much of it was based on supposition or inaccuracy.
     当局驳回了该报告，称其许多内容有的纯属臆测，有的存在偏差错误。

双语例句

• But as with many such suppositions in natural history, no one had ever tested it.
  博物学中虽然有许多类似的假设，却从没人对此考证过。
• What pretensions have we, upon your suppositions, to ascribe that attribute to the divine Being?
  那么，根据你的假设，我们有什么理由将那一属性归因于神灵呢？
• You need to keep in mind a few suppositions that apply to the program you'll build in this article
  您需要记住用于本文将要构建的程序的一些假设
• I have a right to argue in this way when suppositions of his insincerity are reasoned upon on the other side.
  在从另一方面分析关于波拿巴没有诚意的推测时，我有权这样争辩。
• But there seems to be no sufficient reason for these suppositions.
  但似乎没有足够的理由为这些假设。
• They attacked him in various ways, with barefaced question, ingenious suppositions, and distant surmise, but he eldued the skill of them all.
  他们想尽了办法对付他，赤裸裸的问题，巧妙地设想，离题很远的猜测，但他并没有上圈套。
• Since the breakthrough of the exceptional object in Earth's cosmic neighborhood and its discovery by Chandra X ray Observatory, many hypothesis and suppositions have come to the fore.
  自“异常物体”在地球近邻在钱德拉X射线天文台被发现以来，许多假想和猜测涌现出来。
• We must make one of two following highly improbable suppositions.
  我们不得不采取下列两种不近情理的假说之一。
• Then, the dissertation raises three research suppositions: The emergence and the development of China's urban land institution embedded in the social structure and its change process influenced by many social factors;
  然后，提出了论文的研究假设：中国城市土地制度变迁嵌入于社会结构之中，它的变迁受到各种社会因素的影响和限制；
• I want knowledge, not faith, not suppositions, butknowledge. I want God to stretch out his hand to me, revealHimself and speak to me.
  我要知识，不要信仰，不要推想。我要上帝向我伸出手，显形，对我说话。