deem
/diːm/verb
with obj. and complement
- formal regard or consider in a specified way〈正式〉认为, 视为:
the event was deemed a great success
人们认为该项活动很成功
with obj. and infinitive the strike was deemed to be illegal.那次罢工被认为是非法的。
词源
Old English dēman (also in the sense 'act as judge'), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch doeman, also to DOOM.