assuming
present participle ofassume
| 单词 | assuming |
| 释义 | assuming present participle ofassume assume verb[T] uk/əˈsjuːm/us/əˈsuːm/assumeverb[T](ACCEPT)B2 toacceptsomething to betruewithoutquestionorproof: [+ (that)]I assumed(that)youkneweach other because you went to the sameschool. Let'sassume(that)they're coming and makeplanson thatbasis. [+ to infinitive]We can't assume thesuspectstobeguiltysimplybecause they'vedecidedtoremainsilent. We mustn't assume thesuspects'guilt. to believe someone or something
Imagining and conceiving
assumeverb[T](PRETEND TO HAVE)topretendto have a differentnameor be someone you are not, or toexpressafeelingfalsely: Moving to a differenttown, he assumed afalsename. During theinvestigation, twodetectivesassumed theidentitiesofantiquesdealers. He assumed alookofindifferencebut Iknewhow hefelt. Faking & pretending
assumeverb[T](TAKE CONTROL)C2 to take orbeginto haveresponsibilityorcontrol, sometimes without therightto do so, or tobeginto have acharacteristic: The newpresidentassumesofficeatmidnighttonight. Theterroristsassumedcontrolof theplaneandforcedit tolandin thedesert. Theissuehas assumedconsiderablepoliticalproportions(= hasbecomeabigpoliticalproblem). Controlling and being in charge
Examplesofassumingassuming In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. In addition, many of the primitive parsers can be simplified byassumingthat the functions representing parsers and the functions representing success continuations are curried. From theCambridge English Corpus Significance values were assigned to variance components based on 1000 random permutations of individuals,assumingno genetic structure. From theCambridge English Corpus The transition radiation parameter s are calculatedassuminga given current for the bunch. From theCambridge English Corpus The dashed line is the theoretical total nucleiassumingall neurons survive and astroglia start at zero. From theCambridge English Corpus Assuminga discontinuous transition layer at the reconnection point the layer thickness to the north grows in the direction of the outer flow. From theCambridge English Corpus Assumingthat stops are the least marked onsets, there is no need for a constraint that specifically targets them. From theCambridge English Corpus Though forest trees usually show considerable pollen flow,assumingan absence of spatially distributed genetic structure is not always wise. From theCambridge English Corpus Since we are notassumingweak purity, the vertical map on the right of this diagram need not be injective. From theCambridge English Corpus They illustrate the spatial distribution of the achievable height accuracyassuminga precise functional and stochastic model. From theCambridge English Corpus Other examples come from the municipalities that areassumingmore responsibility for prevention, health promotion, and rehabilitation. From theCambridge English Corpus However, if this is not the case,assumingconstant prices biases the welfare estimates. From theCambridge English Corpus Women rated intervention more favorably whenassuming"ideal" rather than realistic levels of resources, but men did not. From theCambridge English Corpus Faerch explains this difference by referring to markedness conditions,assumingthat verb-second is the more marked word order. From theCambridge English Corpus One way of looking at this is byassuminga decline in households in which children care for their elderly parents. From theCambridge English Corpus Assumingthat some simple conditions are verified, a quantitative analysis of the atomic species constituting a sample is possible, without the need for calibration curves. 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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