Putative



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• adj.公认的, 普遍认为的
• ［英］ adj.公认的, 普遍认为的 ( generally regarded as such)

Webster Collegiate

adjective

• Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin putativus, from Latin putatus, past participle of putare to think
• Date: 15th century
• 1. commonly accepted or supposed
• 2. assumed to exist or to have existed
• ? putatively adverb

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