an opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information 推测,猜测,猜想 conjectures about the newcomer were many and varied. 关于新来者的猜测多种多样。 [mass noun]a matter for conjecture. 引人猜测的事件。 ■an unproven mathematical or scientific theorem (数学或科学)臆说;假设 ■[mass noun](in textual criticism) the suggestion or reconstruction of a reading of a text not present in the original source (校勘时的)揣摩
verb
[with obj.]form an opinion or supposition about (something) on the basis of incomplete information 推测,猜测,猜想,设想 he conjectured the existence of an otherwise unknown feature. 他推测还有别的未知特征存在。 [with clause]many conjectured that she had a second husband in mind. 许多人猜想她在精神上还有一个丈夫。 ■(in textual criticism) propose (a reading) (校勘时)揣摩(文章)
派生 conjecturable adjective 语源
late Middle English (in the senses 'to divine' and 'divination'): from Old French, or from Latin conjectura, from conicere 'put together in thought', from con- 'together' + jacere 'throw'