suppose

动词 v.
/səˈpəʊz/|[səˈpʰəʊz]    /səˈpoʊz/|[səˈpʰoʊz]

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To take for granted; to conclude, with less than absolute supporting data; to believe. intransitive,transitive
    — I suppose we all agree that this is the best solution.
  2. To theorize or hypothesize. transitive
    — Suppose that A implies B and B implies C. Then A implies C.
  3. To imagine; to believe; to receive as true. transitive
    — How easy is a bush supposed a bear!
  4. To reckon to be, to account or esteem as. obsolete,transitive
    — [He] keeps you from the honors of a Queene, Being ſuppoſde his worthleſſe Concubine.
  5. To require to exist or to be true; to imply by the laws of thought or of nature. transitive
    — Purpose supposes foresight.
  6. To put by fraud in the place of another; to substitute fraudulently. obsolete,transitive
    — A Water-monster, called the Nickard, does enter by night the chamber, where a woman is brought to bed, and stealeth when they are all sleeping, the new-born child and supposeth another in its place, which child growing up is like a monster and commonly dumb.

词形变化

supposes present,singular,third-person supposing participle,present supposed participle,past supposed past

词源

From Middle English supposen, borrowed from Old French supposer, equivalent to prefix sub- (“under”) + poser (“to place”); corresponding in meaning to Latin supponere (“to put under, to substitute, falsify, counterfeit”), suppositum. See pose.
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