Supposition



GRE 蓝宝 Barron TOEFL

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.猜想, 推测
• ［英］ n.猜想, 推测 ( something that is supposed;hypothesis)
• ［类］ 反义词: certainty ( 确信)
• ［记］ 来自suppose ( 假定, 料想) , sup ( 下面) +pose ( 放)

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Middle English supposicioun, from Anglo-French supposicion, from Late Latin supposition-, suppositio, from Latin, act of placing beneath, from supponere
• Date: 15th century
• 1. something that is supposed ; hypothesis
• 2. the act of supposing
• ? suppositional adjective

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