| 释义 |
sup·pose /səˈpəʊz/ vt. | vi. | conj.
I ❶ vt.
1. 假定
Suppose A equals B. 假定A等于B。
Let us suppose it to be so. 让我们假定情况是这样。
2. 猜想，料想；认为，以为
I suppose he is not yet twenty (或 I suppose him to be not yet twenty). 我想他还不到20岁。
You're right, I suppose. 我想你是对的。
The situation was even worse than was supposed. 情况甚至比预想的更糟。
I suppose he won't come. (或 I don't suppose he will come.) 我想他不会来。
Then we went back to the bar, and who do you suppose was the only other chap there? His father. 然后我们又回到了那家酒吧，你猜在那儿惟一的另外一个人是谁?他的父亲。
What do you suppose he meant? 你认为他是什么意思?
I supposed him to be a workman, but he is in fact a thief. 我以为他是个工匠，但他实际上是个贼。
I suppose so. 我看是这样。
I suppose not. 我看不见得。
You don't suppose he'll get lost out there? 他该不会在那儿迷路吧，你说呢?
3. [用于祈使语气]让我建议
Suppose we start(ed) tomorrow. 我们明天动身吧。(用 started 时语气较婉转)
4. [常用被动语态]期望；认为必须，认为应该；认为…必要；〈口〉认为可以
We are supposed to be there at six. 我们得在6点钟到达那里。
When is the ship supposed to leave? 船应该在什么时候开?
You are not supposed to kick people. 你不可以踢人。
None of us girls is supposed to smoke. 我们女孩子都不该吸烟。
5. 假定…的存在；需要以…的存在为条件；意味着
Every effect supposes a cause. 有果必有因。
I'm always pleased when people ask for my opinion, because that supposes I have one. 人们征求我的意见时我总是觉得高兴，因为那意味着我确有意见可提供。
❷ vi.
猜想，料想
II conj.
1. 假使 (＝ if)
Suppose he is absent, what shall we do? 假使他缺席，我们怎么办?
Suppose white were black, you might be right. 假如白的即是黑的，那末你或许就对了。
2. 假使…结果会怎样
Suppose a tiger should come out of the forest? 要是森林里走出一只老虎来呢?
Suppose he were to see us! 要是他看见我们，那可不得了!
[<OFr supposer < ML suppōnere < L: to substitute < SUP- + pōnere to put] |