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pre.sume (obj) BELIEVEHprI5zjU:m, $-5zU:mvto believe (something) to be true because it is very likely, although you are not certain假定，推定，认定I presume (that) they're not coming, since they haven't replied to the invitation. [+ (that) clause]鉴于他们还没有回复邀请，我认为他们不会来了。You are Dr Smith, I presume? [+ clause]我想你是史密斯博士吧?"Are we walking to the hotel?""I presume not/so." [+ not/so]“我们走到旅馆去?”“我想不是/是的。”The boat's captain is missing, presumed dead (= it is believed that he is dead). [T+ obj + adj/ usually passive]这条船的船长失踪了，估计是死了。In British law, you are presumed innocent until you are proved guilty. [T+ obj + adj/ usually passive]按英国法律，在证明你有罪前，可以假定你无罪。The universe is presumed to contain many other planets with some form of life. [T+ obj + to infinitive]据推测，在宇宙中很多其他的行星上有某种形式的生命存在。"Dr Livingstone, I presume?" (Sir Henry Morton Stanley in How I found Livingstone, 1872)“我想你是利文斯通医生?”(选自亨利·莫顿·斯坦利爵士的小说《我是如何找到列文斯通的》）
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