surmise

surmise
[səˈmʌɪz]
verb
  1. [no obj.][usu. with clause]suppose that something is true without having evidence to confirm it
    猜想；臆测
    he surmised that something must be wrong.
    他猜想肯定有什么地方不对劲儿。
    [with direct speech]‘I don't think they're locals,’ she surmised.
    “我想他们不是本地人，”她推测说。
noun
  1. a supposition that something may be true, even though there is no evidence to confirm it
    猜想；推测
    Charles was glad to have his surmise confirmed.
    查尔斯很高兴他的推测得到了证实。
    [mass noun]all these observations remain surmise.
    所有这些评论都仍然只是猜想。
语源
  1. late Middle English (in the senses 'formal allegation' and 'allege formally'): from Anglo-Norman French and Old French surmise, feminine past participle of surmettre 'accuse', from late Latin supermittere 'put in afterwards', from super- 'over' + mittere 'send'
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