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putative adj.假定的；被公认的 (1) 人们为追踪假定存在的尼斯湖水怪做了许多努力。(2) 此恐怖组织的公认领导人昨天在伯明罕被警方逮捕。 Every once in a while, a putative planet is reported in the news, which we get very excited about and which usually turns out to be an illusion. But in 2005, an astronomer discovered what appears to be a new planet beyond Neptune. But is this putative planet for real? There is always some doubt––something not quite official––about putative things.

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英 ['pjuːtətɪv] 美 ['pjuːtətɪv] (1) There have been many attempts to track down the putative Loch Ness monster.(2) The putative leader of the terrorist organization was arrested by police in Birmingham yesterday. You might be the putative leader of your lacrosse team, even if someone else holds the title of captain. Putative means to be known as something by reputation, or assumed to be something, or generally accepted. 1[ADJ 形容词]公认的；推定的 If you describe someone or something as putative, you mean that they are generally thought to be the thing mentioned.   [ADJ n]  [LEGAL or FORMAL 法律或正式]...a putative father.推定的父亲

英语单词	putative
英美音标	英 ['pjuːtətɪv] 美 ['pjuːtətɪv]
中文释义	adj.假定的；被公认的
英语例句	(1) There have been many attempts to track down the putative Loch Ness monster. (2) The putative leader of the terrorist organization was arrested by police in Birmingham yesterday.
中文例句	(1) 人们为追踪假定存在的尼斯湖水怪做了许多努力。 (2) 此恐怖组织的公认领导人昨天在伯明罕被警方逮捕。
vocabulary简明	You might be the putative leader of your lacrosse team, even if someone else holds the title of captain. Putative means to be known as something by reputation, or assumed to be something, or generally accepted.
vocabulary扩展	Every once in a while, a putative planet is reported in the news, which we get very excited about and which usually turns out to be an illusion. But in 2005, an astronomer discovered what appears to be a new planet beyond Neptune. But is this putative planet for real? There is always some doubt––something not quite official––about putative things.
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ 形容词]公认的；推定的 If you describe someone or something as putative, you mean that they are generally thought to be the thing mentioned. [ADJ n] [LEGAL or FORMAL 法律或正式] ...a putative father. 推定的父亲

Putative Planet Leader Generally 英 Pjuːtətɪv] 美 Pjuːtətɪv Adj.假定的；被公认的