Assume



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 假定; 承担, 担任
• ［英］ v. 假定 (to accept sth as true before there is proof) ; 承担, 担任 (to take on duties or responsibilities)
• ［记］ as ( 加强动作) +sume ( 拿, 取) -> 拿住 -> 承担 ( 责任)
• ［同］ 派生词: assumption ( n. 假定, 设想; 承担)

Webster Collegiate

transitive verb (assumed; assuming)

• Etymology: Middle English, from Latin assumere, from ad- + sumere to take — more at consume
• Date: 15th century
• 1.
  • a. to take up or in ; receive
  • b. to take into partnership, employment, or use
• 2.
  • a. to take to or upon oneself ; undertake assume responsibility
  • b. put on, don
  • c. to place oneself in assume a position
• 3. seize, usurp assume control
• 4. to pretend to have or be ; feign assumed an air of confidence in spite of her dismay
• 5. to take as granted or true ; suppose I assume he'll be there
• 6. to take over (the debts of another) as one's own
• • assumability noun
• • assumable adjective
• • assumably adverb
• Synonyms:
  • assume, affect, pretend, simulate, feign, counterfeit, sham mean to put on a false or deceptive appearance. assume often implies a justifiable motive rather than an intent to deceive assumed an air of cheerfulness around the patients. affect implies making a false show of possessing, using, or feelingaffected an interest in art. pretend implies an overt and sustained false appearancepretended that nothing had happened. simulate suggests a close imitation of the appearance of somethingcosmetics that simulate a suntan. feign implies more artful invention than pretend less specific mimicry than simulatefeigned sickness. counterfeit implies achieving the highest degree of verisimilitude of any of these wordsan actor counterfeiting drunkenness. sham implies an obvious falseness that fools only the gullibleshammed a most unconvincing limp.

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