suppose
英 [s?'p??z]
美 [s?'poz]
- vt. 假設(shè)；認為；讓（虛擬語氣）；推想
- vi. 猜想；料想
- conj. 假使…結(jié)果會怎樣
助記提示
1. sup- "under" + pos- + -e.
2. 字面含義：put or place under.
3. => assume as the basis of argument. => admit as possible, to believe to be true.
中文詞源
suppose 認為，假設(shè)，推測，猜測sup-,在下，-pos,放置，詞源同 position,propose.引申詞義認為，假設(shè)等。
英文詞源
- suppose
- suppose: [14] Latin suppōnere meant literally ‘put under’ (it was a compound verb formed from the prefix sub- ‘under’ and pōnere ‘put, place’, source of English position, and its original meaning is best preserved in English suppository [14], literally ‘something placed underneath’). From it was derived the noun suppositiō, which, on the analogy of Greek hupóthesis (source of English hypothesis [16], and itself made up of elements meaning literally ‘under’ and ‘put’), came to be used for an ‘a(chǎn)ssumption’ – English gets supposition [15] from it.
This meaning then fed back into the verb, which English acquired via Old French supposer.
=> position, suppository - suppose (v.)
- early 14c., "to assume as the basis of argument," from Old French suposer "to assume" (13c.), probably a replacement (influenced by Old French poser "put, place") of *suppondre, from Latin supponere "put or place under; to subordinate, make subject," from sub "under" (see sub-) + ponere "put, place" (past participle positus; see position (n.)). Meaning "to admit as possible, to believe to be true" is from 1520s.
雙語例句
- 1. I get a bit uptight these days. Hormones, I suppose.
- 這些天我有點焦躁。我看是荷爾蒙在作怪。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Who do you suppose will replace her on the show?
- 你覺得誰會代替她參加這場演出？
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- 3. In a way, I suppose I'm frightened of failing.
- 我想我有點懼怕失敗。
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- 4. There's nothing to keep us here, is there? — I suppose not.
- 這里沒有什么讓我們留戀的，對吧？——我想沒有。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. I refused her a divorce, out of spite I suppose.
- 我拒絕和她離婚，就是為了出口惡氣。
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