presumption
noun[CorU]
uk/prɪˈzʌmp.ʃən/us/prɪˈzʌmp.ʃən/C1
theactofbelievingthat something istruewithout having anyproof:
推定,推测,假定The presumption ofinnocenceiscentralto Americanlaw.美国法律的核心是无罪假定。
There is noscientificevidencetosupportsuch presumptions.并无科学依据支持这样的推测。
[+ that]Thedecisionisbasedon the presumptionthatallinformationmust befreelyavailable.这个决定是建立在一切信息都必须免费提供这一假定之上的。
Guesses and assumptions
- a shot in the darkidiom
- approximation
- assumption
- bet
- conjecture
- counterfactual
- educated guess
- estimate
- guess
- misestimation
- overestimate
- overestimation
- preception
- preconception
- proposition
- sneaking
- speculation
- speculatively
- supposition
- surmise
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