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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   assume

   • IPA[əˈso͞om]

   美式

   • v.
     suppose to be the case, without proof；take or begin to have (power or responsibility)

   • verb: assume, 3rd person present: assumes, gerund or present participle: assuming, past tense: assumed, past participle: assumed

2. • 釋義

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. suppose to be the case, without proof it is reasonable to assume that such changes have significant social effects they were assumed to be foreign 同義詞 presume, suppose, take it, take for granted, take as read, ... 更多take it as given, presuppose, conjecture, surmise, conclude, come to the conclusion, deduce, infer, draw the inference, reckon, reason, guess, imagine, think, fancy, suspect, expect, accept, believe, be of the opinion, understand, be given to understand, gather, glean, figure, formalopine, archaicween
   • 2. take or begin to have (power or responsibility) he assumed full responsibility for all organizational work 同義詞 accept, shoulder, bear, undertake, take on, ... 更多take up, take on oneself, manage, handle, deal with, get to grips with, turn one's hand to
   • ▪ seize (power or control) the rebels assumed control of the capital 同義詞 seize, take, take possession of, take over, take away, ... 更多appropriate, commandeer, expropriate, confiscate, requisition, hijack, wrest, usurp, preempt, arrogate to oneself, help oneself to, claim, lay claim to
   • 3. take on (a specified quality, appearance, or extent) militant activity had assumed epidemic proportions 同義詞 acquire, take on, adopt, come to have
   • ▪ take on or adopt (a manner or identity), sometimes falsely Oliver assumed an expression of penitence she puts on a disguise, assumes a different persona, and cruises the squalid bars on the bad side of town 同義詞 feign, fake, put on, simulate, counterfeit, ... 更多sham, affect, adopt, impersonate