一、详细释义:
v.
以为,假定;设想;推测 [I,T]
例句:
I should not presume that there must be necessarily a purpose, a meaning of human existence.
我以为人生不一定有目的或意义。
例句:
We cannot presume the existence of life on other planets.
我们不能推定其他行星上没有生物。
自作主张,擅自(做);放肆 [I,T]
例句:
You presume to jest with me in this free manner.
你敢在我面前这么放肆地开玩笑。
例句:
It would be presuming to camp in a person's yard without permission.
不获允许就在别人的院子里露营是一种放肆的行为。
推定,意味着 [T]
例句:
His shoes were made of supple leather.
他的鞋是用柔软的皮革制成的。
二、词义辨析:
assume,presume,suppose,guess,postulate
这些动词均含为“假设,猜想,推测”之意。assume指有很少或完全无根据的武断推测或不合逻辑的推理。presume侧重以过去经验或根据现实的某些感觉把某事认定为是事实。suppose常用词,意义较广泛,指缺乏确切事实,根据一些现象进行的推测,也可指为论证而提出合乎逻辑推理的某种假定,有时仅表示自己的意见。 guess常用词,指毫无根据仅凭个人主观臆断或碰运气的猜测。postulate指为证实一个理论的正确性而进行的假设。
三、参考例句:
I presume this decision to be final.
我想这已是最后的决定。
I presume you will approve of the plan.
我相信你会支持这个计划。
I presume that an agreement will eventually be reached.
我想最终是会达成协议的。
I wouldn't presume to question your judgment.
我不会冒昧地质疑你的判断。
We cannot presume the existence of life on other planets.
我们不能推定其他行星上没有生物。
You presume to jest with me in this free manner.
你敢在我面前这么放肆地开玩笑。
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。
I would not presume to censure Osborne for hating his mother.
我不会擅自指责奥斯本恨他妈妈这件事。
I presume all of us would agree that he should be noticed.
我想我们大家都会同意,应该通知他。
I should not presume that there must be necessarily a purpose, a meaning of human existence.
我以为人生不一定有目的或意义。