suppose
英 [s?'p??z]
美[s?'poz]
- vt. 假設(shè)；認(rèn)為；讓（虛擬語氣）；推想
- vi. 猜想；料想
- conj. 假使…結(jié)果會(huì)怎樣
英英釋意
- 1. express a supposition;
- "Let us say that he did not tell the truth"
- "Let's say you had a lot of money--what would you do?"
- 2. expect, believe, or suppose;
- "I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel"
- "I thought to find her in a bad state"
- "he didn't think to find her in the kitchen"
- "I guess she is angry at me for standing her up"
- 3. to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds;
- "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"
- 4. take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand;
- "I presuppose that you have done your work"
- 5. require as a necessary antecedent or precondition;
- "This step presupposes two prior ones"