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

• 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。
• The man with flattering must be the murderer, because he will make any person self-complacent and arrogant and even presuming without discipline.
  满嘴奉承的人只能是凶手，因为他可以让人感到自满和骄傲甚至狂妄无律。
• That can potentially distort the way these computer models work, since it means that bankers are effectively presuming that the future will be similar to the past but based purely on very recent experience.
  这种情况可能会扭曲这些电脑模型的运行方式，因为这意味着，银行家非常确信地假定未来将与过去一样但他的依据完全是非常近期的经验。
• What's the most right way to go presuming I do wanna be an entrepreneur?
  哪条路才是正确的呢？，假设我就是要做一个企业家？
• 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。”
• 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。
• Pray forgive me if I have been very presuming, or at least do not punish me so far as to exclude me from P. I shall never be quite happy till I have been all round the park.
  如果我说得太放肆了，还得请你原谅，至少不要处罚我太厉害，将来连彭伯里也不许我去啊。我要把那个花园逛遍了，才会心满意足。
• 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。
• Presuming innocence avoids an accusation and gets the conversation started off right.
  假设无辜可以避免做出指责，可以立即打开对话。
• 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。