assume

英 [ə'sjuːm] 美 [ə'sum]

解释

※ 提供单词"assume"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

assume 假定

前缀as- 同ad-. 词根sum, 拿起，同resume, 重启。

assume: assume: see prompt
assume (v.): early 15c., assumpten "to receive up into heaven" (especially of the Virgin Mary), also assumen "to arrogate," from Latin assumere, adsumere "to take up, take to oneself, take besides, obtain in addition," from ad- "to, up" (see ad-) + sumere "to take," from sub "under" (see sub-) + emere "to take" (see exempt (adj.)).

Meaning "to suppose, to take for granted as the basis of argument" is first recorded 1590s; that of "to take or put on (an appearance, etc.)" is from c. 1600. Related: Assumed; assuming. Early past participle was assumpt. In rhetorical usage, assume expresses what the assumer postulates, often as a confessed hypothesis; presume expresses what the presumer really believes.

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1. Don't assume your baby automatically needs feeding if she's fretful.: 不要想当然地认为你的宝宝一闹就是要吃奶。

2. Civilians assume, wrongly, that everything in the military runs smoothly.: 老百姓以为军队中一切都运转正常,其实不然.

3. People assume they know me through and through the moment we meet.: 人们一见到我，就自以为对我了如指掌了。

5. You cannot assume that a speaker of English is ipso facto qualified to teach English.: 你不能假定会说英语的人就有资格教英语。