[N-COUNT 可数名词]假定;假设;臆断 If you make an assumption that something is true or will happen, you accept that it is true or will happen, often without any real proof.
[usu with supp]
They have taken a wrong turning in their assumption that all men and women think alike...
他们错误地设想所有男女均见解一致。
Dr Subroto questioned the scientific assumption on which the global warming theory is based...
苏布罗托博士质疑全球变暖理论所依据的科学假设。
Economists are working on the assumption of an interest rate cut.
经济学家正在研究降低利率的假设。
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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词](权力的)取得;(责任的)承担 Someone's assumption of power or responsibility is their taking of it.
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The government have retained the support which greeted their assumption of power last March.
自从在刚过去的三月掌权以来,政府的支持率依旧未减。
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as·sump·tionAWL/əˈsʌmpʃn; NAmEəˈsʌmpʃn/noun1[countable ]a belief or feeling that sth is true or that sth will happen, although there is no proof 假定;假设◆an underlying/implicit assumption设想;暗含的假定◆We need to challenge some of the basic assumptions of Western philosophy.我们有必要向西方哲学的某些基本假设提出质疑。◆We are working on the assumption thateveryone invited will turn up. 我们假定了每一个人都会应邀出席并正就此作出安排。◆It was impossible to make assumptions aboutpeople's reactions. 臆断人们的反应是不可能的。◆His actions were based on a false assumption.他的行为基于错误的设想。2[countable , uncountable ]assumptionof sth ( formal) the act of taking or beginning to have power or responsibility (责任的)承担;担任;(权力的)获得◆their assumption of power/control他们权力╱控制的取得assumptionassumptionsas·sump·tion/əˈsʌmpʃn; NAmEəˈsʌmpʃn/
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assumptionas‧sump‧tion /əˈsʌmpʃən/ ●●○W2AWL noun
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1[countable] something that you think is true although you have no definite proof → assumeassumption that A lot of people make the assumption that poverty only exists in the Third World. My calculations were based on the assumption that house prices would remain steady.assumption about People make a lot of assumptions about me.2[uncountable] formal when someone starts to have control or powerassumption of the assumption of responsibilityCOLLOCATIONSverbsmake an assumption· You’re making a lot of assumptions for which you have no proof.be based on/rest on an assumption· Our plans were based on the assumption that everyone would be willing to help.work on an assumption (=act according to something that may not be true)· The police seemed to be working on the assumption that he was guilty.adjectivesa reasonable/valid assumption· This seemed like a reasonable assumption.a common/general/widespread assumption· There’s a common assumption that science is more difficult than other subjects.a basic/fundamental/underlying assumption· There is a basic assumption in international law that a state will protect its citizens.a correct assumption· Many people acted on the correct assumption that interest rates would rise.a wrong/false/mistaken assumption· Both theories are based on a single wrong assumption.an underlying assumption (=a belief that is used as the basis for an idea, but which may not be correct)· There seems to be an underlying assumption in what he says that women are weaker than men.a tacit/unspoken assumption (=one that no one says aloud)· There seemed to be a tacit assumption that they would get married.a questionable assumption (=one that is likely to be wrong)· That assumption was obviously highly questionable.
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