guessing
present participle ofguess
| 单词 | guessing |
| 释义 | guessing present participle ofguess guess verb[IorT] uk/ɡes/us/ɡes/A2 to give ananswerto aparticularquestionwhen you do not have all thefactsand so cannot becertainif you arecorrect: I didn'tknowtheanswer, so I had to guess. On the lastquestion, she guessedright/wrong. [+ question word]Guesswhenthis wasbuilt. [+ (that)]I guessed(that)she wasyoursister. Sheaskedme to guess herage. I guessed thetotalamountto beabout £50,000. to guess
A2 to give thecorrectansweror make thecorrectjudgment: [+ question word]Ibetyou can't guesshowoldhe is. She guessed theansweron her firsttry. "You have a newjob, don't you?" "Yes, how did you guess?" guess what?A2informal used beforetellingsomeone somethinginterestingorsurprising: Guess what? Wewonthegame4–0. I guessB1informal used when youbelievesomething istrueorlikelybut are notcertain: [+ (that)]I guess(that)things areprettyhard for you now.
Guessing, supposing and suspecting
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Imagining and conceiving Linguistics: interjections Idiomkeepsomeoneguessing Phrasal verbguess atsomething Examplesofguessingguessing In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. In a city where speculation fuels the money markets, secondguessingabout corporate futures is commonplace throughout the business community. From theCambridge English Corpus As for whether democracy can reduce it, or will itself be eroded by it, we are leftguessing. From theCambridge English Corpus Oriented toward affect bonding between the par ticipants, invitedguessingboth indexes and strengthens their relationship. From theCambridge English Corpus Differential neural response to positive and negative feedback in planning andguessingtasks. From theCambridge English Corpus I sat through rehearsal after rehearsal trying to think ahead of her andguessingwhat the next instruction would be. From theCambridge English Corpus Fromguessingwhat teachers think to finding out what teachers know. From theCambridge English Corpus Some examples areguessing"man" for "human", or "fork" instead of "branch". From theCambridge English Corpus However,guessingis not so simple for large programs where higher-order functions (such as map) are called repeatedly with different higher-order arguments each time. From theCambridge English Corpus In short,guessingfrom context has serious limitations. From theCambridge English Corpus This the experiment does not tell us; it leaves to our sagacity the burden ofguessing. From theCambridge English Corpus Patterns and perils ofguessingin second language reading. From theCambridge English Corpus Effects of priorguessingon intentional and incidental paired-associate learning. From theCambridge English Corpus In such cases, the leadership or experts end upguessingat consensus, and it can appear 80 imposed. From theCambridge English Corpus There also seems to be some connection between invitedguessingand the nature of the calls. From theCambridge English Corpus Social distance is a related factor that selects when and with whom invitedguessingmay occur. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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