Surmise



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.推测, 猜测; v.推测, 猜测
• ［英］ n.推测, 猜测 ( conjecture) ; v.推测 ( infer on slight ground)
• ［记］ sur ( 下面) +mise ( 放) -> 放下想法 -> 推测
• ［例］ surmise sb's thoughts

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English, allegation, charge, from Anglo-French, from feminine of surmis, past participle of surmettre to place on, suppose, accuse, from Medieval Latin supermittere, from Late Latin, to place on, from Latin super- + mittere to let go, send
• Date: 1569
• a thought or idea based on scanty evidence ; conjecture

II. transitive verb (surmised; surmising)

• Etymology: Middle English, to allege, from surmise, noun
• Date: 1700
• to form a notion of from scanty evidence ; imagine, infer

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