presuming

英 [prɪˈzjuːmɪŋ]

美 [prɪˈzuːmɪŋ]

v.  假设; 假定; 推定; 设定; 设想
presume的现在分词

柯林斯词典

• VERB （不肯定地）认为，相信，推测
  If youpresume thatsomething is the case, you think that it is the case, although you are not certain.
  1. I presume you're here on business...
     我想你是来这里出差的。
  2. Dido's told you the whole sad story, I presume?...
     我想狄多已经把这件伤心事全部告诉你了吧？
  3. 'Had he been home all week?' — 'I presume so.'
     “他整个星期都在家吗？”——“我想是这样的。”
  4. ...areas that have been presumed to be safe...
     被认为很安全的地方
  5. The missing person is presumed dead.
     那名失踪者已被认定死亡。
• VERB 冒昧；擅自主张；妄行
  If you say that someonepresumes todo something, you mean that they do it even though they have no right to do it.
  1. They're resentful that outsiders presume to meddle in their affairs...
     他们对外人擅自干预他们的事务非常愤慨。
  2. I wouldn't presume to question your judgment.
     我不会冒昧地质疑你的判断。
• VERB 假设；假定
  If an idea, theory, or planpresumescertain facts, it regards them as true so that they can be used as a basis for further ideas and theories.
  1. The legal definition of 'know' often presumes mental control...
     “知晓”的法律定义通常假定存在思维控制能力。
  2. The arrangement presumes that both lenders and borrowers are rational.
     这一协议假定借贷双方都是在神志清楚的状态下签订的。

双语例句

• Presuming the Three to be vanquished, the Horadrim's unstable fellowship began to dissipate.
  可以料想在三大恶魔被击败之后，赫拉迪姆那不稳固的友谊便开始消散了。
• At length, a fresh difference arising between my brother and me, I took upon me to assert my freedom, presuming that he would not venture to produce the new indentures.
  我和我的哥哥之间终于发生了一种新的争执，我就坚决地维护我的自由，认定他不敢拿出新的合同来。
• That can potentially distort the way these computer models work, since it means that bankers are effectively presuming that the future will be similar to the past but based purely on very recent experience.
  这种情况可能会扭曲这些电脑模型的运行方式，因为这意味着，银行家非常确信地假定未来将与过去一样但他的依据完全是非常近期的经验。
• But presuming the existence of state is to recognize the existence of sovereignty.
  但如果假定了国家的存在，也就确定了主权的存在。
• Presuming this is what she actually said, does this surprise you?
  假设她真的说了这些话，你会感到意外吗？
• One man got the sack for presuming to stop him in the street to ask some questions about some work.
  有一个工人就因为竟敢在路上拦住他问了几个有关工作的问题，后来就被解雇了。
• Nearly eight out of every ten ( 79%) would no longer use a web site that charges them, presuming they can find the same information at no cost.
  79%的受访者认为，如果他们能够在其他地方免费地找到相同的信息，他们就不会再使用他们已经付费的网站。
• Chaste women are often proud and forward, as presuming upon the merit of their chastity.
  贞节的妇人往往骄傲不逊，一若她们是自恃贞节也者。
• Presuming that the BofA chief might get as much as$ 10m for his stewardship of the bank that year, Thain calculated that he deserved a similar, but slightly smaller sum for himself, especially for steering Merrill clear of the bankruptcy that befell Lehman.
  塞恩认定美国银行的首席执行官当年可获得高达1000万美元奖金，他推测自己应该获得与之类似但数额略小的奖金，尤其是他还使美林免于遭受雷曼兄弟那样的破产命运。
• Try to hear the meaning behind the words without presuming you already know.
  不要不懂装懂，尽量听出言外之意。