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conjecture

/kuhn-jek-cher/US // kənˈdʒɛk tʃər //UK // (kənˈdʒɛktʃə) //

猜测,猜想,推测,臆测

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the formation or expression of an opinion or theory without sufficient evidence for proof.
    • : an opinion or theory so formed or expressed; guess; speculation.
    • : Obsolete. the interpretation of signs or omens.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    con·jec·tured, con·jec·tur·ing.

    • : to conclude or suppose from grounds or evidence insufficient to ensure reliability.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    con·jec·tured, con·jec·tur·ing.

    • : to form conjectures.

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Examples

  • In July, his group reported a set of original conjectures and proofs generated and verified by machines.

  • If he and Heule could prove that this rewriting system always terminates, they’d prove that the conjecture is true.

  • “The computers said no, so we know the conjecture does hold,” said Heule.

  • Bloom and Sisask have only proved the conjecture for evenly spaced triples, not for longer arithmetic progressions, a task that currently seems out of reach.

  • Zurek and Verlinde’s approach will only work if our universe is holographic — a conjecture that is far from established.

  • Invited to explain how that might be possible, he offered a confused conjecture about how he might have blacked out.

  • And it is conjecture, based on the sketchy bits of evidence we possess.

  • After all, the innermost sexual longings of presidents, both living and dead, have long been the stuff of rumor and conjecture.

  • It is not a conjecture, and so many of these groups it is basically donor capture.

  • Mr. Rove, you make these claims purely as conjecture without any facts, fanned by the emotions of your partisanship.

  • Conjecture, lost in the mazy distance, gladly lays hold of something substantial in the shape of snuff's first royal patron.

  • Another conjecture is, that she was acquainted with some political secrets, and that fear caused her death.

  • After this striking confirmation of my conjecture, I think no more need be said.

  • I cannot send you the least account or even conjecture of Lords to be created or Commons to be dissolved.

  • The circumstance that the system was only used for instrumental music is at least in harmony with this conjecture.