presumption

英 [prɪˈzʌmpʃn]

美 [prɪˈzʌmpʃn]

n. 可能的事; 认为真实的事; 非分的行为; 妄自尊大; 推定; 假定; 假设

Collins.1 / BNC.8869 / COCA.9906

牛津词典

noun

可能的事；认为真实的事
something that is thought to be true or probable
1. There is a general presumption that the doctor knows best.
  一般人都以为医生最了解情况。
非分的行为；妄自尊大
behaviour that is too confident and shows a lack of respect for other people
推定；假定；假设
the act of supposing that sth is true, although it has not yet been proved or is not certain
1. Everyone is entitled to the presumption of innocence until they are proved to be guilty.
  在被证明有罪以前，每一个人都应被假定无辜。

N-COUNT 假定；假设
Apresumptionis something that is accepted as true but is not certain to be true.
1. ...the presumption that a defendant is innocent until proved guilty...
  被告在被证实有罪之前都被视为无罪的假定
2. I'm having to make a lot of presumptions since I don't really know anything about the case.
  事实上我对这个案件一无所知，很多观点都只能是假设。
N-UNCOUNT 擅自；放肆；冒昧
If you describe someone's behaviour aspresumption, you disapprove of it because they are doing something that they have no right to do.
1. They were angered by his presumption.
  他们对他的放肆感到非常愤怒。

noun

a kind of discourtesy in the form of an act of presuming
1. his presumption was intolerable
audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to
1. he despised them for their presumptuousness
Synonym:presumptuousnesseffronteryassumption
(law) an inference of the truth of a fact from other facts proved or admitted or judicially noticed
an assumption that is taken for granted
Synonym:givenprecondition