supposition

noun

1. 推测的想法；推断的结论
   an idea that you think is true although you may not be able to prove it
   1. The police are working on the supposition that he was murdered.
      警方正根据他被谋杀的假定展开调查。
2. 推测；推断
   the act of believing or claiming that sth is true even though it cannot be proved
   1. The report is based entirely on supposition.
      这篇报道完全建立在推测的基础上。

1. N-COUNT 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.
   1. 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。
   2. 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. N-UNCOUNT 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.
   1. 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。

1. 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。
2. 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。
3. 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。
4. I cannot even entertain the supposition that*;
   我甚至不能想像
5. The whole plan is based on merely his own supposition.
   整个计划只是建立在他的主观臆断上。
6. The accuracy of his supposition has never been confirmed.
   而他的这种假定到底有多精确则从未获得过确认。
7. "This supposition will, of course, be tested," S& P wrote in its note.
   “当然，这种推测将受到考验，”标普在报告中写道。
8. John Durbeyfield had more conceit than energy or health, and this supposition was pleasant to him.
   约翰德北菲尔德的虚荣心比他的精力和健康强得多，所以这个假设很使他高兴。
9. This supposition is supported by the evidence from both ancient literature and modern dialect.
   这个观点可以得到传世文献材料和现代方言材料两个方面证据的支持。
10. We were on the supposition position that they could improve the complex machine.
    我们认为他们能改进这台复杂的机器。
11. The Savage solves it by the supposition of evil Spirits.
    野蛮人的解决办法是假定有邪魔恶怪。
12. And that supposition is a recipe for failure.
    而前述推想，是为失败开的处方。
13. This article firstly introduced the meaning of economic man supposition and its modern expansion, then analyzed the logical rationality and the reality empirical base of the supposition, finally discussed the relation between the premise supposition and the applicable scope of the economic theory.
    摘要首先介绍了经济人假设的含义及现代扩展，然后分析了经济人假设的逻辑合理性和现实经验基础，最后讨论了经济理论的前提假设与经济理论适用范围之间的关系。
14. The supposition of this strategy ties up the inheritance mode of resistance.
    该策略的前提条件是与抗性遗传方式密切相关。
15. The positions of the two lines are consistent with this supposition.
    两条线的位置是这种假定相符的。
16. Both parts of that supposition have turned out to be wrong.
    事实证明，这一假设的两个部分都是错误的。
17. This is only a supposition, but one that tallies completely with my observations.
    这只是一种假设，而是一个完全合乎我的看法。
18. His theory is merely based on supposition.
    他的理论只是根据推测而提出的。
19. The theory of human nature supposition is an analysis and classification of human predilection of psychological behavior.
    人性假设理论是对人的心理行为偏好的分析和归类。
20. If you had any sense of history, you would not make such a ridiculous supposition.
    如果你有点历史观，你就不会做出这么可笑的假设。
21. After surveying the cross section date in the society, the supposition and theory model was confirmed and revised by structural equation model ( SEM).
    通过横截面数据调查，采用结构方程模型（SEM）的分析方法，对假设和理论模型进行验证和修正。
22. This is an absurd supposition.
    这更是荒谬的主观臆断。
23. The story is based on supposition.
    这故事是以假想为基础的。
24. All this, of course, is supposition.
    当然，所有这些都是推测。
25. This newspaper article is based on supposition, not on fact.
    报纸上的这篇文章是根据推想，而不是事实。
26. That's a huge supposition.
    那是一个巨大的推测。
27. Of course, this assumes Britain wants such change, a supposition yet to be proven.
    当然，这一暗示假定了英国人希望发生这样的变革，这是个还有待证实的假定。
28. I was acting on the supposition that what he told me was true.
    我假定他所告诉我的是真的才采取行动。
29. Modern economics has made a sustainable and in-depth study on the supposition of the economic man, but neglected the fluid of the assets for quite a long time.
    现代经济学对经济人假设进行了持续深入研究，但忽视了对资产完全流动和替代这一假设的研究；
30. We must not condemn her on pure supposition.
    我们不能单凭臆测而谴责她。

noun

1. the cognitive process of supposing

   Synonym:    supposal

2. a hypothesis that is taken for granted
   1. any society is built upon certain assumptions

   Synonym:    assumptionsupposal

3. a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence

   Synonym:    guessconjecturesurmisesurmisalspeculationhypothesis