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suppose

/suh-pohz/US // səˈpoʊz //UK // (səˈpəʊz) //

假设,假定,估计,推测

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    sup·posed, sup·pos·ing.

    • : to assume, as for the sake of argument or as part of a proposition or theory: Suppose the distance to be one mile.
    • : to consider as a possibility suggested or an idea or plan proposed: Suppose we wait until tomorrow.
    • : to believe or assume as true; take for granted: It is supposed that his death was an accident.
    • : to think or hold as an opinion: What do you suppose he will do?
    • : to require logically; imply; presuppose: The evidence supposes his presence near the scene.
    • : to expect or design; require or permit: The machine is supposed to make noise. I'm not supposed to run fast.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    sup·posed, sup·pos·ing.

    • : to assume something; presume; think.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbassume, guess
Forms: supposed, supposes, supposing
verbbelieve
Forms: supposed, supposes, supposing

Examples

  • The so-called smart mask, partially unveiled on Thursday, is packed with hospital-grade HEPA filters and battery-powered fans that are supposed to make breathing easier by drawing in air.

  • When implanted into a brain, these threads would form a high-capacity channel for a computer to communicate with the brain, a system supposed to be much more powerful than the existing brain-machine interfaces being researched.

  • I suppose the advice that I would offer is to not sit around and wait for something to happen – make it happen.

  • It is this expanded version of the program, which was initially supposed to last one year, that is being extended.

  • In the second case, Purdue University biologist Danny Haelewaters was supposed to be on six-nation field trip from Panama to eastern Russia.

  • Suppose my hotel “conscientiously objects” to hosting a gay couple.

  • “I suppose she'll want a fortune as well,” he says, looking at me as if I were Liv Ullmann's agent.

  • But let's suppose for a second that these emails had been released to the press.

  • I suppose if you get obsessed with the notion of being a writer more than the writing itself, that would be bad.

  • Now consider a different question: suppose Al Gore had stayed in the race.

  • The fire had been heaped over with earth—to screen it from prying eyes, I suppose, while the good work went on.

  • I suppose he is sick of the sound of them, or perhaps it is because he feels obliged to be conscientious in teaching Beethoven!

  • "I suppose the man Alessandro has something he calls a home," said the Senora, regaining herself a little.

  • But I suppose, as he is my nearest relative, it is but natural he should be anxious about my health.

  • I suppose he thought he would live again in him, for he always says, "Never did such talent come under my hands."