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Assumed Living Real Identity 英 ə'Sjuːmd] 美 ə'Suːmd Adj.假定的;假装的

英语单词 assumed
英美音标 英 [ə'sjuːmd] 美 [ə'suːmd]
中文释义 adj.假定的;假装的
动词assume的过去式和过去分词.
英语例句 (1) We are continually acting upon some assumed ideas as to events yet to happen.
(2) He was living under an assumed name.
(3) He is good at masking his real character behind an assumed manner.
中文例句 (1) 我们对于没有发生的事,总是不断地凭借些假定的想法而采取行动。
(2) 他过着隐姓埋名的生活。
(3) 他善于用伪装的举止来掩饰其真正的性格。
vocabulary简明 When something is described as assumed, it's fake. An assumed name is made up, often to hide a true identity.
vocabulary扩展 If you're living under an assumed name, you've taken on a new, fictitious name to disguise yourself or simply to start over as a new person — to give yourself an assumed identity. An assumed facial expression is false, and an assumed address isn't your real one. The adjective assumed comes from the meaning of assume that's "take on or adopt, often falsely," from the Latin assumere, "to take up."

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