assume
英 [ə'sjuːm]
美 [ə'sum]
- vt. 承擔；假定；采取；呈現
- vi. 裝腔作勢；多管閑事
助記提示
1、在辯論中甲乙雙方各自接受不同的、對立的觀點、論點，其實質就是甲方假定一個論點，乙方假定一個對立的論點，然後雙方各自為自己的論點進行辯護；由此引申出了它的引申義：假定，假設；臆斷，想當然地認為。
2、英語表示為：take for granted as the basis of argument. -> suppose.
3、而其它含義：接受、接管、承擔、擔任；采取、采用、呈現（->假裝、裝腔作勢）；這些都是take能直接包含的含義。
中文詞源
assume 假定前綴as- 同ad-. 詞根sum, 拿起，同resume, 重啟。
英文詞源
- assume
- assume: see prompt
- assume (v.)
- early 15c., assumpten "to receive up into heaven" (especially of the Virgin Mary), also assumen "to arrogate," from Latin assumere, adsumere "to take up, take to oneself, take besides, obtain in addition," from ad- "to, up" (see ad-) + sumere "to take," from sub "under" (see sub-) + emere "to take" (see exempt (adj.)).
Meaning "to suppose, to take for granted as the basis of argument" is first recorded 1590s; that of "to take or put on (an appearance, etc.)" is from c. 1600. Related: Assumed; assuming. Early past participle was assumpt. In rhetorical usage, assume expresses what the assumer postulates, often as a confessed hypothesis; presume expresses what the presumer really believes.
雙語例句
- 1. Don't assume your baby automatically needs feeding if she's fretful.
- 不要想當然地認為你的寶寶一鬧就是要吃奶。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Civilians assume, wrongly, that everything in the military runs smoothly.
- 老百姓以為軍隊中一切都運轉正常,其實不然.
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. People assume they know me through and through the moment we meet.
- 人們一見到我，就自以為對我了如指掌了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. "Today?" — "I'd assume so, yeah."
- “今天？”——“對，我覺得是。”
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. You cannot assume that a speaker of English is ipso facto qualified to teach English.
- 你不能假定會說英語的人就有資格教英語。
來自《權威詞典》