surmise

英 [səˈmaɪz , ˈsɜːmaɪz]

美 [sərˈmaɪz , ˈsɜːrmaɪz]

v.  推测; 猜测
n.  推测; 猜测

过去式：surmised　过去分词：surmised　第三人称单数：surmises　现在分词：surmising　复数：surmises　

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BNC.18427 / COCA.13492

牛津词典

verb

• 推测；猜测
  to guess or suppose sth using the evidence you have, without definitely knowing
  1. From the looks on their faces, I surmised that they had had an argument.
     看他们的脸色，我猜想他们之间发生了争执。

noun

• 推测；猜测
  a guess based on some facts that you know already
  1. This is pure surmise on my part.
     这纯粹是我的猜测。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 推测;猜测;臆测
  If yousurmisethat something is true, you guess it from the available evidence, although you do not know for certain.
  1. There's so little to go on, we can only surmise what happened...
     几乎毫无凭据，我们只能猜测发生了什么。
  2. He surmised that he had discovered one of the illegal streets.
     他推测自己已经发现了一条非法活动猖獗的街道。
• N-VAR 猜想;推测;臆测
  If you say that a particular conclusion issurmise, you mean that it is a guess based on the available evidence and you do not know for certain that it is true.
  1. It is mere surmise that Bosch had Brant's poem in mind when doing this painting...
     认为博斯在画这幅画时脑子里想着布兰特的诗，这仅仅是猜测而已。
  2. His surmise proved correct.
     他的猜测后来证明是正确的。

英英释义

noun

• a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
  Synonym:guessconjecturesuppositionsurmisalspeculationhypothesis

verb

• infer from incomplete evidence
• imagine to be the case or true or probable
  1. I suspect he is a fugitive
  2. I surmised that the butler did it
  Synonym:suspect

双语例句

• He was afraid she might surmise the truth.
  他担心她可能会猜出真相。
• Archeologists still can only surmise as to the origin of Man.
  考古学家们对于人类的起源依然无法推测。
• It is my surmise that William is involved in some illegal activity.
  我估计威廉做了违法的事。
• There's so little to go on, we can only surmise what happened
  几乎毫无凭据，我们只能猜测发生了什么。
• But only havoc can result from confusing a surmise with a proposition for which there is already evidence. I suspect that the well? known complaint about Chinese food may based on such cultural confusion.
  但是，将猜想与已有证据的假设混为一谈只能导致大混乱。我猜想人所共知的对中餐的抱怨可能就是基于这种文化上的混乱。
• ` Mrs Heathcliff is my daughter-in-law, 'said Heathcliff, corroborating my surmise.
  希刺克厉夫太太是我的儿媳妇，希刺克厉夫说，证实了我的猜测。
• The bay-crown's shade, Beloved, I surmise.
  爱，我猜度月桂冠的浓荫。
• Based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence.
  主要基于猜测而不是足够的证据。
• Now it is true that in the absence of omniscience we must trust our soul's surmise;
  确实，在没有全知的情况下，我们必须依靠自己灵魂的猜想；
• I think I am right, only this is pure surmise on my part.
  我想我是对的，只不过这纯属我的臆测。