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

• Instead of presuming the partial development of university size, it indicates the adjustment and innovation of Chinese university construction.
  绝非意味着某一类型或某些层面的高校规模片面地发展，而是意味着高校结构整体的重大调整和创新；
• 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 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。
• Nearly eight out of every ten ( 79%) would no longer use a web site that charges them, presuming they can find the same information at no cost.
  79%的受访者认为，如果他们能够在其他地方免费地找到相同的信息，他们就不会再使用他们已经付费的网站。
• 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。
• Presuming you know the principles of affiliate marketing, you still will be confronted with a lot of questions.
  即使你对会员行销的原则了如指掌，你仍然会碰到许多问题。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Chaste women are often proud and forward, as presuming upon the merit of their chastity.
  贞节的妇人往往骄傲不逊，一若她们是自恃贞节也者。