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- an opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information推测, 猜测, 猜想：
conjectures about the newcomer were many and varied
关于新来者的猜测多种多样
mass noun a matter for conjecture.引人猜测的事件。
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- an unproven mathematical or scientific theorem（数学或科学）臆说; 假设。
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- mass noun(in textual criticism) the suggestion or reconstruction of a reading of a text not present in the original source（校勘时的）揣摩。
with obj.
1- form an opinion or supposition about (something) on the basis of incomplete information推测, 猜测, 猜想, 设想：
he conjectured the existence of an otherwise unknown feature
他推测还有别的未知特征存在
with clause many conjectured that she had a second husband in mind.许多人猜想她还有一个梦想中的丈夫。
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- (in textual criticism) propose (a reading)（校勘时）揣摩（文章）。
派生词
conjecturable
adjective词源
late Middle English （in the senses 'to divine' and 'divination'）： from Old French, or from Latin conjectura, from conicere 'put together in thought', from con- 'together' + jacere 'throw'.