purported
adjective[before noun]
uk/pəˈpɔː.tɪd/us/pɝːˈpɔːr.t̬ɪd/that has beenstatedto betrueor to havehappened,althoughthis may not be thecase:
声称的，谣传的Arecentstudyinto the purportedhealthbenefitsof thedrinkwas notconclusive.最近一项关于饮酒有益健康一说的研究没有明确的结论。
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