presumes

英 [prɪˈzjuːmz]

美 [prɪˈzuːmz]

v.  假设; 假定; 推定; 设定; 设想
presume的第三人称单数

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

• But it reflects the new tone with which China presumes it can address a humbled superpower.
  但从中可以看出，中国认为，与一个受挫的超级大国对话时，可以采用一种新的口气。
• A girl of ten, you say, and she presumes to scold her lawful king.
  一个十岁的女孩，你说，可她却胆敢指责她合法的国王。
• This presumes that you are actually using one of these approaches to development.
  当然，我们假设您正在实际采用这类方法进行开发。
• This assessment presumes that businesses will not cut net jobs.
  这些估计假定企业不会减少净工作。
• He presumes on her good nature by getting her to do all his washing for him.
  他利用她的好心让她为他洗衣服。
• Absolutism is dangerous even in physical sterilization because it presumes that we can have discovered every existing form of microbial life.
  即便在物理灭菌时，绝对化也是危险的。因为它假定我们已经发现了所有存在的微生物形态。
• Technology presumes there's lust one right way to do things.
  应用科学认定正确的做事方法只有一种。
• The court presumes the maintenance payment is being paid on time.
  法院假定生活费是按时支付的。
• A country such as Japan has a high level of cultural homogeneity, conformity and cohesion; everybody presumes that everyone else knows how to behave correctly, and there are powerful unspoken social norms to enforce that.
  像日本这样的国家，具有高度的文化同质性、遵从性和凝聚力；所有人都假定其他人知道什么是正确的行为举止，并且这里存在着强有力、默认的社会标准推动其实施。
• Being able to digest milk is so strange that scientists say we shouldn't really call lactose intolerance a disease, because that presumes it's abnormal.
  能消化牛奶这一功能真的太奇特了。科学家们甚至说我们不应该把乳糖抗性当成一种疾病，那样的话首先就把它看做不正常了。