supposition

supposition
noun
  1. an uncertain belief
    推测;假想
    they were working on the supposition that his death was murder.
    他们根据他的死是谋杀这个推测在开展工作。
    [mass noun]their outrage was based on supposition and hearsay.
    他们的愤怒是基于猜测和流言飞语。
派生
suppositional
adjective
语源
  1. late Middle English (as a term in scholastic logic): from Old French, or from late Latin suppositio(n-) (translating Greek hupothesis 'hypothesis'), from the verb supponere (see suppose)
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