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

• 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。”
• You're presuming that we have other submarines ready to launch.
  你在推测有另一艘潜艇已做好准备。
• Presuming this is what she actually said, does this surprise you?
  假设她真的说了这些话，你会感到意外吗？
• 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。
• A condition or basis for accepting or presuming.
  作为接受和推论的条件或根据。
• Presuming nothing, Livingstone reasoned that the famous portrait's flickering smile is caused by the way we see.
  其实没什么其它原因，Livingstone将蒙娜丽莎这个著名画像的如闪即逝的微笑的原因归为我们看它的方式。
• Presuming you are satisfied with your current mental chemistry, avoid changing your diet.
  请放心地保持你的饮食习惯，不要改变他们。
• 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？
• 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。
• Presuming that the BofA chief might get as much as$ 10m for his stewardship of the bank that year, Thain calculated that he deserved a similar, but slightly smaller sum for himself, especially for steering Merrill clear of the bankruptcy that befell Lehman.
  塞恩认定美国银行的首席执行官当年可获得高达1000万美元奖金，他推测自己应该获得与之类似但数额略小的奖金，尤其是他还使美林免于遭受雷曼兄弟那样的破产命运。