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单词 assume
释义
assume
verb[T]
uk
/əˈsjuːm/us
/əˈsuːm/

assumeverb[T](ACCEPT)

B2
toacceptsomething to betruewithoutquestionorproof:
假定，假设；臆断，想当然地认为
[+ (that)]I assumed(that)youkneweach other because you went to the sameschool.你们不是上的同一所学校嘛？我还以为你们两个认识呢。
Let'sassume(that)they're coming and makeplanson thatbasis.我们还是假定他们会来，并以此来作出计划。
[+ to infinitive]We can't assume thesuspectstobeguiltysimplybecause they'vedecidedtoremainsilent.我们不能仅仅因为疑犯选择保持沉默就断定他们有罪。
We mustn't assume thesuspects'guilt.我们千万不能臆断犯罪嫌疑人有罪。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
to believe someone or something
  • believeCan we believe a word of what this man says?
  • acceptMost people accept what the newspapers say as being correct.
  • creditUKIt’s hard to credit that she’s 87.
  • swallowI personally find it hard to swallow the official narrative.
  • buyWhen it comes to global warming, he doesn't buy it, and is out to discredit the whole theory.
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More examples
  • If you haven'theardbyFriday, assume I'm not coming.
  • She wasyoungand she waswearingstudent-typeclothesso I assumed she wasstudyinghere.
  • There was aknockat thedoor. NowJanknewhermotherhadpromisedtovisit, so she assumed it was her.
  • They werechattingquiteamiablyon thephonelastnightso I assumed everything wasokay.
  • I assumed things had gone well for him as he had abiggrinon hisface.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Imagining and conceiving
  • beyondyourwildest dreamsidiom
  • blue-sky
  • conceivable
  • conceivably
  • conceptualization
  • guess
  • imagine
  • inyourmind's eyeidiom
  • inconceivably
  • lay the foundation(s) of/foridiom
  • look on/uponsomeone/somethingassomething
  • mental image
  • reach
  • regard
  • revisualization
  • riot
  • run riotidiom
  • theorize
  • think ofsomething
  • throw
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assumeverb[T](PRETEND TO HAVE)

topretendto have a differentnameor be someone you are not, or toexpressafeelingfalsely:
冒充，冒称；假装，装出
Moving to a differenttown, he assumed afalsename.搬家到了另外一个城镇后，他用了个假名字。
During theinvestigation, twodetectivesassumed theidentitiesofantiquesdealers.在案件调查中，两名侦探假装成古董商。
He assumed alookofindifferencebut Iknewhow hefelt.他装出一副无所谓的样子，但我明白他的内心感受。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Faking & pretending
  • affect
  • air guitar
  • believe
  • changeling
  • charlatan
  • come thesomethingidiom
  • cry
  • false modesty
  • falsifiable
  • falsify
  • feign
  • fraud
  • mountebank
  • out-bluff
  • passsomethingoff assomething
  • phoney
  • play-act
  • professed
  • purport
  • quack
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assumeverb[T](TAKE CONTROL)

C2
to take orbeginto haveresponsibilityorcontrol, sometimes without therightto do so, or tobeginto have acharacteristic:
承担，担任；僭取，夺取；呈现，具有
The newpresidentassumesofficeatmidnighttonight.新总统在今晚午夜就职。
Theterroristsassumedcontrolof theplaneandforcedit tolandin thedesert.恐怖分子控制了飞机，并使其迫降在沙漠中。
Theissuehas assumedconsiderablepoliticalproportions(= hasbecomeabigpoliticalproblem).这已经成为一个很大的政治问题。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Controlling and being in charge
  • aggrandize
  • assumption
  • authoritative
  • authoritatively
  • autocratically
  • commanding
  • dictate
  • harness
  • have (got)someoneby the short and curliesidiom
  • havesomeoneby the ballsidiom
  • havesomeoneeating out ofyourhandidiom
  • have/hold the whip handidiom
  • helm
  • override
  • police
  • policing
  • possess
  • power play
  • predominate
  • skipper
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(Definition ofassumefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

assume| American Dictionary

assume
verb[T]
us
/əˈsum/

assumeverb[T](ACCEPT)

toacceptsomething astruewithoutquestionorproof:
[+ (that) clause]We can’t assume (that) he’sinnocentsimplybecause he says he is.
[+ (that) clause]I assumed (that) nobody washomebecause thecarwasn’t in thedriveway.

assumeverb[T](PRETEND)

topretendto be someone you are not, or toexpressafeelingfalsely:
During theinvestigation, twodetectivesassumed theidentitiesofantiquedealers.
Jimassumed alookofindifference.

assumeverb[T](TAKE CONTROL)

to takecontrolorclaimauthority, sometimes without therightto do so:
The newpresidentassumesofficeinJanuary.
If you assumeresponsibilityfor something, youbecomeresponsiblefor it.
(Definition ofassumefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

assume| Business English

assume
verb[T]
uk
/əˈsjuːm/us
tobeginto takecontrolof something:
assume control/office/a roleEuropehas assumed aleadershiprolein thepreventionoffutureglobalcrises.
assume responsibility for sthThe FSA saidmortgageswould not beaffectedwhen it assumedresponsibilityfor theregulationofmortgagesales.
assume a debt/mortgage/riskInadditiontopaying$3billionincash, thenewspapergroupwill assume $600 million of the company’sdebt.
toacceptthat something istruewithout beingsureabout it:
We are assuming a 6%growthinsales.
assume thatWe cansafelyassumethat we areaheadof thecompetitionwith thisproduct.
Assuming thatall goes well, howlongis theprojectexpectedto take?
to bebasedon aparticularidea:
Thesefiguresassume thatinflationwillrisenohigherthan 2%.
(Definition ofassumefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofassume

assume
This implicitly assumes that players believe they will coordinate.
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Mutations are assumed to be independent and identically distributed across players.
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We emphasize the need toassumeuniformity of extended preferences among individual observers; otherwise, the ordinary utilitarian formula cannot be derived.
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Further investigation is required, because the issues are too important for simply assuming that persistence and intractability necessarily imply an organic genesis.
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The stoichiometry of the exact reaction will depend on the nature of the organic matter involved, here assumed to be saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon.
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As a result, philosophical modernity assumes that human beings are merely a higher form of animal life resulting from a slow evolutionary process.
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Let usassumefor the moment that such simulations are possible physically and follow the implications.
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Indeed, weassumethat the phonetic processes of the type described are generally not accessible to overt manipulation.
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A purely imaginary constant could be added on the right here, but it can be assumed to vanish.
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Within the psychological tradition, hypothesis-testing models traditionallyassumethe former.
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Weassumethat there are constant returns to scale in agriculture.
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Assumeevery $1 contribution returns $500 to the group- $0.50 to the contributor and $499.50 to the other members ($0.50 each).
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To isolate the problem,assumethat if satisfactory reasoning is not forthcoming, the decision can be reversed.
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In addition, many of the primitive parsers can be simplified by assuming that the functions representing parsers and the functions representing success continuations are curried.
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The paths and the homotopy can be assumed smooth.
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