presuming

英 [prɪˈzjuːmɪŋ]

美 [prɪˈzuːmɪŋ]

v.  假设; 假定; 推定; 设定; 设想
presume的现在分词

柯林斯词典

• VERB （不肯定地）认为，相信，推测
  If youpresume thatsomething is the case, you think that it is the case, although you are not certain.
  1. I presume you're here on business...
     我想你是来这里出差的。
  2. Dido's told you the whole sad story, I presume?...
     我想狄多已经把这件伤心事全部告诉你了吧？
  3. 'Had he been home all week?' — 'I presume so.'
     “他整个星期都在家吗？”——“我想是这样的。”
  4. ...areas that have been presumed to be safe...
     被认为很安全的地方
  5. The missing person is presumed dead.
     那名失踪者已被认定死亡。
• VERB 冒昧；擅自主张；妄行
  If you say that someonepresumes todo something, you mean that they do it even though they have no right to do it.
  1. They're resentful that outsiders presume to meddle in their affairs...
     他们对外人擅自干预他们的事务非常愤慨。
  2. I wouldn't presume to question your judgment.
     我不会冒昧地质疑你的判断。
• VERB 假设；假定
  If an idea, theory, or planpresumescertain facts, it regards them as true so that they can be used as a basis for further ideas and theories.
  1. The legal definition of 'know' often presumes mental control...
     “知晓”的法律定义通常假定存在思维控制能力。
  2. The arrangement presumes that both lenders and borrowers are rational.
     这一协议假定借贷双方都是在神志清楚的状态下签订的。

双语例句

• Faced with this kind of illegal competition, the publishers tend to move upmarket, offering higher prices and higher quality and presuming that they will not be able to beat the counterfeiters on price.
  面对这种非法竞争，出版商们往往转向高端市场，提供更高的价格和质量，认定自己无法在价格上击败造假者。
• Presuming on his seniority, he always imposes his ideas on [ upon] others.
  他总是倚老卖老，把他的想法强加于人。
• At length, a fresh difference arising between my brother and me, I took upon me to assert my freedom, presuming that he would not venture to produce the new indentures.
  我和我的哥哥之间终于发生了一种新的争执，我就坚决地维护我的自由，认定他不敢拿出新的合同来。
• It sounds lucky to marry on a day with multiple elevens, but not necessarily, according to numerologist Hans Decoz, who says the date may not be as lucky as some people are presuming.
  在有数个“11”的一天结婚听起来很幸运，但也未必。数字命理学家汉斯•德科兹表示，这一天也许没有很多人预想的那么幸运。
• ALAN GREENSPAN: "I made a mistake in presuming that the self-interest of organizations, specifically banks and others, were such as that they were best capable of protecting their own shareholders."
  艾伦•格林斯潘“我犯了一个错误：认为机构（尤其是银行等机构）的自身利益使他们能够更好地保护他们的股东。”
• But presuming that your promotion does not come completely out of the blue, what practical steps can a leader take to be ready to perform?
  不过，你的升迁恐怕也不完全是那么突然的事，那么，一个领导人可以采取哪些实际的步骤，为自己的新官上任做准备呢？
• One man got the sack for presuming to stop him in the street to ask some questions about some work.
  有一个工人就因为竟敢在路上拦住他问了几个有关工作的问题，后来就被解雇了。
• Chaste women are often proud and forward, as presuming upon the merit of their chastity.
  贞节的妇人往往骄傲不逊，一若她们是自恃贞节也者。
• Try to hear the meaning behind the words without presuming you already know.
  不要不懂装懂，尽量听出言外之意。
• Instead of presuming the partial development of university size, it indicates the adjustment and innovation of Chinese university construction.
  绝非意味着某一类型或某些层面的高校规模片面地发展，而是意味着高校结构整体的重大调整和创新；