名词

1. We mustn't condemn him on mere suppositions.
我们不可全凭臆测来指责他。

1. 假定,推测：supply voltage 供给电压 | supposition 假定,推测 | suppository 栓剂

2. 假定：supporting tissue 支持组织 | supposition 假定 | suppressed tree 被压树

3. 猜测：043 Suggestion 建议 | 044 Supposition 猜测 | 045 Urge 催促

4. 推测：supporting graphite sleeve 石墨支承衬套 | supposition 推测 | suppression 抑制

1. 假定;假设;设想
A supposition is an idea or statement which someone believes or assumes to be true, although they may have no evidence for it.

e.g. There's a popular supposition that we're publicly funded but the bulk of our money comes from competitive contracts...
人们普遍认为我们是受公共基金的资助，然而我们大部分资金是通过签订竞争性合同得来的。
e.g. But as with many such suppositions in natural history, no one had ever tested it.
博物学中虽然有许多类似的假设，却从没人对此考证过。

2. 毫无根据的想法;无稽之谈
You can describe someone's ideas or statements as supposition if you disapprove of the fact that they have no evidence to support them.

e.g. The report has been rejected by the authorities, who said much of it was based on supposition or inaccuracy.
当局驳回了该报告，称其许多内容有的纯属臆测，有的存在偏差错误。

noun

1. the cognitive process of supposing

Synonym: supposal

2. a hypothesis that is taken for granted

e.g. any society is built upon certain assumptions

Synonym: assumptionsupposal

3. a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence

Synonym: guessconjecturesurmisesurmisalspeculationhypothesis