surmise

英 [səˈmaɪz , ˈsɜːmaɪz]

美 [sərˈmaɪz , ˈsɜːrmaɪz]

v.  推测; 猜测
n.  推测; 猜测

过去式：surmised　过去分词：surmised　第三人称单数：surmises　现在分词：surmising　复数：surmises　

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BNC.18427 / COCA.13492

牛津词典

verb

• 推测；猜测
  to guess or suppose sth using the evidence you have, without definitely knowing
  1. From the looks on their faces, I surmised that they had had an argument.
     看他们的脸色，我猜想他们之间发生了争执。

noun

• 推测；猜测
  a guess based on some facts that you know already
  1. This is pure surmise on my part.
     这纯粹是我的猜测。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 推测;猜测;臆测
  If yousurmisethat something is true, you guess it from the available evidence, although you do not know for certain.
  1. There's so little to go on, we can only surmise what happened...
     几乎毫无凭据，我们只能猜测发生了什么。
  2. He surmised that he had discovered one of the illegal streets.
     他推测自己已经发现了一条非法活动猖獗的街道。
• N-VAR 猜想;推测;臆测
  If you say that a particular conclusion issurmise, you mean that it is a guess based on the available evidence and you do not know for certain that it is true.
  1. It is mere surmise that Bosch had Brant's poem in mind when doing this painting...
     认为博斯在画这幅画时脑子里想着布兰特的诗，这仅仅是猜测而已。
  2. His surmise proved correct.
     他的猜测后来证明是正确的。

英英释义

noun

• a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
  Synonym:guessconjecturesuppositionsurmisalspeculationhypothesis

verb

• infer from incomplete evidence
• imagine to be the case or true or probable
  1. I suspect he is a fugitive
  2. I surmised that the butler did it
  Synonym:suspect

双语例句

• It turned out that my surmise was correct.
  结果表明我的推测没有错。
• It is mere surmise that Bosch had Brant's poem in mind when doing this painting
  认为博斯在画这幅画时脑子里想着布兰特的诗，这仅仅是猜测而已。
• Based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence.
  主要基于猜测而不是足够的证据。
• The bay-crown's shade, Beloved, I surmise.
  爱，我猜度月桂冠的浓荫。
• There's so little to go on, we can only surmise what happened
  几乎毫无凭据，我们只能猜测发生了什么。
• Archeologists still can only surmise as to the origin of Man.
  考古学家们对于人类的起源依然无法推测。
• A very painful surmise arose concerning her character.
  对她的人格产生了一种令人难堪的猜度。
• He surmised that he had discovered one of the illegal streets.
  他推测自己已经发现了一条非法活动猖獗的街道。
• It did not quantify the damage, leaving investors free to surmise the worst.
  该公司并未具体估量受打击程度，而是让投资者自行推测最糟糕情形。
• Instead, we can surmise that Dumbledore knew that Hagrid might slip, and used this to his advantage.
  相反，我们可以推测邓布利多知道海格可能失言，并利用了这一点而对他有利。