1 VERB （不肯定地）认为，相信，推测 If you presume that something is the case, you think that it is the case, although you are not certain. （不肯定地）认为，相信，推测 [Also it be V-ed that]
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I presume you're here on business. [VERB that]
我想你是来这里出差的。
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Dido's told you the whole sad story, I presume?. [VERB that]
我想狄多已经把这件伤心事全部告诉你了吧？
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'Had he been home all week?' — 'I presume so.' [V so]
“他整个星期都在家吗？”—“我想是这样的。”
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...areas that have been presumed to be safe. [be VERB-ed to-infinitive]
被认为很安全的地方
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The missing person is presumed dead. [be VERB-ed adj.ive]
那名失踪者已被认定死亡。
SYN believe, think, suppose, assume
2 VERB 冒昧；擅自主张；妄行 If you say that someone presumes to do something, you mean that they do it even though they have no right to do it. 冒昧；擅自主张；妄行 [formal]
SYN dare, venture, undertake, go so far as
3 VERB 假设；假定 If an idea, theory, or plan presumes certain facts, it regards them as true so that they can be used as a basis for further ideas and theories. 假设；假定 [formal]
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The legal definition of 'know' often presumes mental control. [VERB noun]
“知晓”的法律定义通常假定存在思维控制能力。
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The arrangement presumes that both lenders and borrowers are rational. [VERB that]
这一协议假定借贷双方都是在神志清楚的状态下签订的。
SYN presuppose, assume, imply, take as read
Quotations
Dr. Livingstone, I presume? Henry Morton Stanley How I Found Livingstone
| Word Link | sume ≈ taking : assume, consume, presume |
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