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

• You're presuming that we have other submarines ready to launch.
  你在推测有另一艘潜艇已做好准备。
• ALAN GREENSPAN: "I made a mistake in presuming that the self-interest of organizations, specifically banks and others, were such as that they were best capable of protecting their own shareholders."
  艾伦•格林斯潘“我犯了一个错误：认为机构（尤其是银行等机构）的自身利益使他们能够更好地保护他们的股东。”
• 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。
• At length, a fresh difference arising between my brother and me, I took upon me to assert my freedom, presuming that he would not venture to produce the new indentures.
  我和我的哥哥之间终于发生了一种新的争执，我就坚决地维护我的自由，认定他不敢拿出新的合同来。
• The risk is that the market is presuming that MetLife and others have done more than they actually have.
  风险是投资者对大都会人寿和其他公司的自我保护措施可能估计过高。
• For the video interview in Shenzhen I wore a suit jacket, a dress shirt, and a tie, presuming that only my top half would be visible, she said.
  在深圳参加视频面试时，我穿了西装上衣和正装衬衫，还打了领带，我以为只能看到上半身，她说。
• Presuming that the BofA chief might get as much as$ 10m for his stewardship of the bank that year, Thain calculated that he deserved a similar, but slightly smaller sum for himself, especially for steering Merrill clear of the bankruptcy that befell Lehman.
  塞恩认定美国银行的首席执行官当年可获得高达1000万美元奖金，他推测自己应该获得与之类似但数额略小的奖金，尤其是他还使美林免于遭受雷曼兄弟那样的破产命运。
• One man got the sack for presuming to stop him in the street to ask some questions about some work.
  有一个工人就因为竟敢在路上拦住他问了几个有关工作的问题，后来就被解雇了。
• 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 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。