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English Meaning Literally French I Place Assume Basis

正面 2175.suppose
英 [sə'pəʊz]美 [sə'poz]

背面
释义:
vt. 假设;认为;让(虚拟语气);推想vi. 猜想;料想conj. 假使…结果会怎样
例句:
1. I get a bit uptight these days. Hormones, I suppose.这些天我有点焦躁。我看是荷尔蒙在作怪。

1. sup- "under" + pos- + -e.2. 字面含义:put or place under.3. => assume as the basis of argument. => admit as possible, to believe to be true.
suppose 认为,假设,推测,猜测sup-,在下,-pos,放置,词源同 position,propose.引申词义认为,假设等。
supposesuppose: [14] Latin suppōnere meant literally ‘put under’ (it was a compound verb formed from the prefix sub- ‘under’ and pōnere ‘put, place’, source of English position, and its original meaning is best preserved in English suppository [14], literally ‘something placed underneath’). From it was derived the noun suppositiō, which, on the analogy of Greek hupóthesis (source of English hypothesis [16], and itself made up of elements meaning literally ‘under’ and ‘put’), came to be used for an ‘assumption’ – English gets supposition [15] from it.This meaning then fed back into the verb, which English acquired via Old French supposer.=> position, suppositorysuppose (v.)early 14c., "to assume as the basis of argument," from Old French suposer "to assume" (13c.), probably a replacement (influenced by Old French poser "put, place") of *suppondre, from Latin supponere "put or place under; to subordinate, make subject," from sub "under" (see sub-) + ponere "put, place" (past participle positus; see position (n.)). Meaning "to admit as possible, to believe to be true" is from 1520s."

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