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单词 assumption
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assumption
noun
uk
/əˈsʌmp.ʃən/us
/əˈsʌmp.ʃən/

assumptionnoun(BELIEF)

C1[C]
something that youacceptastruewithoutquestionorproof:
假定；假设；臆断
Peopletendtomakeassumptionsaboutyou when you have adisability.如果你有残疾，人们往往就会对你妄加臆断。
Thesecalculationsarebasedonthe assumption thatpriceswillcontinuetorise.这些计算是基于价格会继续上升这一假定之上的。
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  • They make thenaiveassumption that because it'spopularit must be good.
  • Thesalesforecastispredicatedon the assumption that theeconomywillgrowby fourpercentthisyear.
  • There's anunspokenassumption in thedepartmentthat Sue will take over thepostwhen Ianleaves.
  • Hepremisedhisargumenton severalincorrectassumptions.
  • The assumptions made about the economy'srateofgrowthprovedto beincorrect.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Guesses and assumptions
  • a shot in the darkidiom
  • approximation
  • bet
  • conjecture
  • counterfactual
  • educated guess
  • estimate
  • estimation
  • guess
  • overestimate
  • overestimation
  • preception
  • preconception
  • presumption
  • proposition
  • sneaking
  • speculation
  • speculatively
  • supposition
  • surmise
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assumption of power, responsibility, etc.[U]
theactof taking apositionofpower,responsibility, etc.:
夺取；获得（权力等）；承担（责任等）
Therevolutionaries' assumption ofpowertook thearmybysurprise.革命者突然夺取政权，使军队措手不及。
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(Definition ofassumptionfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

assumption| American Dictionary

assumption
noun
us
/əˈsʌmp·ʃən/

assumptionnoun(ACCEPTING AS TRUE)

[C]
awillingnesstoacceptsomething astruewithoutquestionorproof:
[+ that clause]Theplanwasbasedon the assumption that theschedulecould besubstantiallyspeededup byaddingmorepeople.

assumptionnoun(CONTROL)

[U]
theactof takingcontrolorclaimingauthority:
Her assumption of thepostofambassadorwas asignificantdevelopment.
(Definition ofassumptionfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

assumption| Business English

assumption
noun
uk
/əˈsʌmʃən/us
[S]
something that youacceptastrue,althoughyou have noproof:
make an assumption about sb/sthWetendto makeassumptionsaboutourstaff'sabilitybasedon very littleevidence.
on the assumption thatTheydecidedto goaheadon the assumption that thefiguresthey had been given wereaccurate.
Thesecalculationsarebasedon the assumptionthatsaleswillcontinuetorise.
[U]
theactof takingcontrolof something:
the assumption ofpowerby thearmy
Theofferincludes$1billionincashand the assumption of $3.5billionindebtfor TWA'saircraftleases.
(Definition ofassumptionfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofassumption

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As a result, in this article we provide a framework for studying road traffic control under less restrictive assumptions.
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I argue that, on certain common theistic assumptions, the answer to all of these questions is yes.
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Here we have chosen to use simple force analysis but this is only in order to make the modelling assumptions clearer.
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However, the conflict must not be too deep and serious ; religious concepts may not arbitrarily contradict common-sense assumptions of the world.
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Other work7,8 is reported to tackle the nonlinearity in the output; they, however, are not applicable to a parallel robot due to the unsuitable assumptions.
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However, taken together they provide a range of estimates of the sensitivities and specificities of these tests under more or less plausible assumptions.
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Although plausible assumptions were included, our model did not suffice.
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I t is therefore of importance to consider the evidence for these assumptions.
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Clearly, all three methods involve different assumptions, and all three methods require extrapolation to reach the same initial and final states.
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Clearly, the rules involved in this derivation are completely natural, and their interaction is entirely compatible with the assumptions of rule-based serialism.
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In order to maintain this modification of the analysis, we would thus need to change some of our assumptions about the structure of these forms.
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In this section, we demonstrate that these assumptions are, in fact, irrelevant to the formal results demonstrated here.
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As this account suggests, it is peoples' (invalid) assumptions that this professional must continually confront.
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Bringing together the same multidisciplinary team to consider research will challenge professional values and assumptions and identify the research questions relevant to a multidisciplinary environment.
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Arbitrary assumptions were made regarding the relationship between compensation and taxable income.
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Collocationswithassumption

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These are words often used in combination withassumption.

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actuarial assumption
Previous researchers in the area of pensions have examined the role of actuarial assumptions in the management of accounting numbers.
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a priori assumption
That this approach will be better than the conventional system of using a dispatching rule constantly is an aprioriassumption, for two reasons.
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arrogant assumption
Bhagwati's suggestion involves the somewhat arrogant assumption that home country standards are always 'better', whatever exactly that means.
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