supposition

英 [ˌsʌpəˈzɪʃn]

美 [ˌsʌpəˈzɪʃn]

n. 推测的想法; 推断的结论; 推测; 推断

BNC.14636 / COCA.18056

牛津词典

noun

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。
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。

N-COUNT 假定;假设;设想
Asuppositionis 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。
N-UNCOUNT 毫无根据的想法;无稽之谈
You can describe someone's ideas or statements assuppositionif 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。

noun

the cognitive process of supposing
Synonym:supposal
a hypothesis that is taken for granted
1. any society is built upon certain assumptions
Synonym:assumptionsupposal
a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
Synonym:guessconjecturesurmisesurmisalspeculationhypothesis