suppose
- IPA[səˈpōz]
美式
- assume that something is the case on the basis of evidence or probability but without proof or certain knowledge；used to make a suggestion or a hesitant admission
verb: suppose, 3rd person present: supposes, gerund or present participle: supposing, past tense: supposed, past participle: supposed
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動詞
- 1. assume that something is the case on the basis of evidence or probability but without proof or certain knowledge I suppose I got there about half past eleven 同義詞
- ▪ used to make a suggestion or a hesitant admission suppose we leave this to the police I'm quite a good actress, I suppose 同義詞
- ▪ used to introduce a hypothesis and trace or ask about what follows from it suppose he had been murdered—what then?
- ▪ (of a theory or argument) assume or require that something is the case as a precondition the procedure supposes that a will has already been proved the theory supposes a predisposition to interpret utterances 同義詞
- ▪ believe to exist or to possess a specified characteristic he supposed the girl to be about twelve
- 2. be required to do something because of the position one is in or an agreement one has made I'm supposed to be meeting someone at the airport
- ▪ be forbidden to do something I shouldn't have been in the kitchen—I'm not supposed to go in there
- generally assumed or believed to be the case, but not necessarily so: people admire their supposed industriousness
Oxford American Dictionary
- generally assumed or believed to be the case, but not necessarily so: people admire their supposed industriousness
Oxford Dictionary
- used to express hesitant or reluctant agreement
Oxford American Dictionary
- used to express hesitant agreement
Oxford Dictionary
片語
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- IPA[səˈpəʊz]
英式
- think or assume that something is true or probable but lack proof or certain knowledge: I suppose I got there about noon he supposed the girl to be about twelve
Oxford Dictionary
