单词 | conjecture |
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音标 | [kən'dʒektʃə] |
解释 | v./n.推测,臆测 |
红宝书 | 【英】 v./ n. 推测,臆测 (prediction based on guesswork) 【考】 反义词:restrain from the speculation(不准猜 测); fact(事实) 【记】 con+ject(推,扔)+ ure→全部是推测出来 的→臆测 【同】 同根词:reject(拒绝 ); projectile(抛射体) 【例】 The origin of the human race is a matter for pure conjecture. |
字源 | conjecture (n.) late 14c., "interpretation of signs and omens," from Old French conjecture "surmise, guess," or directly from Latin coniectura "conclusion, interpretation, guess, inference," literally "a casting together (of facts, etc.)," from coniectus, past participle of conicere "to throw together," from com- "together" (see com-) + iacere "to throw" (see jet (v.)). Sense of "forming of opinion without proof" is 1530s. conjecture (v.) early 15c., from conjecture (n.). In Middle English also with a parallel conjecte (n.), conjecten (v.). Related: Conjectured; conjecturing. |
不择手段背单词 | v. /n. (基于非结论性的或不完全的证据作出的)推测 = guesswork; 臆测 = prediction 【记】con共同, ject推, 扔-想象一下在高考的时候, 班里的所有同学都在扔钱币, 用来推测报考哪一所学校-推测 【参】reject(n /v 拒绝); projectile(n 射弹; adj 发射的) 【反】restrain from the speculation(不准推测); fact(n 事实) |
趣味全助记 | 【记】con + ject(推,扔)→一起推出来→综合到一起推测出来的;project 方案,是推测出来的 【相关】abject 可怜的,deject 使沮丧,eject 逐出 喷射,inject 注射 注入,interject 插嘴, 突然插入,object 物体 反对,project 发射 放映 工程,reject 拒绝,subject 主题,traject 传导 |
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