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  • Conjugation : past  supposed ; ing  supposing
  • Derivatives : n  supposer ; adj  supposable ; adv  supposably
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

suppose [sə'pəuz]
  1. 1. vt. 认为
    I suppose
    我想
    it was worse than she'd supposed
    事情比她想像的要糟
    I don't suppose she'll come
    我想她不会
    he's about sixty, I suppose
    我想他大概60岁
    I suppose so/not
    我看是/不是这样
    suppose he was right
    假定他是对的
    he is supposed to do it
    应该做的
    he's supposed to be an expert
    人们以为他是个专家

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

suppose [səˈpəʊz]
  1. 1. vt. 假设假定
  2. 2. vt. 预料想到认为
  3. 3. vt. 推断推测
    Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps.
    科学家们猜测大型恐龙生活沼泽中。
  4. 4. vt. 认为应该
    I presuppose that you have done your work.
    以为已经完成你的工作
  5. 5. vt. 以……为先决条件以……为前提
    This step presupposes two prior ones.
    步骤前面两个步骤先决条件

Collins English-English Dictionary

suppose [sə'pəυz]
  1. 1. vt. [tr; may take a clause as object] to presume (something) to be true without certain knowledge
    I suppose he meant to kill her
  2. 2. vt. to consider as a possible suggestion for the sake of discussion, elucidation, etc; postulate
    suppose that he wins the election
  3. 3. vt. (of theories, propositions, etc) to imply the inference or assumption (of)
    your policy supposes full employment
  4. 4. vt. [Etymology] C14: from Old French supposer, from Medieval Latin supponere, from Latin: to substitute, from sub- + ponere to put

Examples

suppose he doesn't come
如果他不来的话
I didn't get any reply from you for two weeks, so I suppose you rejected my offer.
两周没有获得您的回复,所以我暗揣您默绝了我的报价。
I suppose that all the CDs will be sold by next week.
我猜下周这些CD就得全部卖光。
I suppose we could go to the movies but I don't really feel like it.
我想我们也可以去看电影,但我不是真的很想去看。
I suppose
我想

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