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- suppose [sə'pəυz]
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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
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2.
vt.
to consider as a possible suggestion for the sake of discussion, elucidation, etc; postulate
- suppose that he wins the election
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3.
vt.
(of theories, propositions, etc) to imply the inference or assumption (of)
- your policy supposes full employment
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4.
vt.
[Etymology]
C14: from Old French supposer, from Medieval Latin supp
o nere, from Latin: to substitute, fromsub- + po nere to put
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1.
vt.
[tr; may take a clause as object]
to presume (something) to be true without certain knowledge
Examples
- suppose A equals B.
- 假定A等于B。 → suppose
- suppose he doesn't come
- 如果他不来的话 → suppose
- That will be his wife with him，I suppose.
- 我想，和他在一起的那位一定是他的夫人吧。 → will
- 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。 → suppose
- I suppose you couldn't lend me $5 till tomorrow, could you?
- 你能借我五美元吗？我明天就还你。 → suppose
- 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。 → suppose
- I suppose you think I'm joking.
- 你大概觉得我是在开玩笑吧！ → suppose
- 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 she's a dancer from the way that she carries herself.
- 看她走路的样子，我猜她是个跳舞的。
- I suppose
- 我想 → suppose
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