[with obj. and complement](formal)regard or consider in a specified way (正式)认为,视为 the event was deemed a great success. 大家认为该项活动很成功。 [with obj. and infinitive]the strike was deemed to be illegal. 那次罢工被认为是非法的。
语源
Old English dēman (also in the sense 'act as judge'), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch doeman, also to doom