assumption
英[ə'sʌm(p)ʃ(ə)n]
美[ə'sʌmpʃən]
- n. 假定；设想；担任；采取
英英释意
- 1. a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn;
- "on the assumption that he has been injured we can infer that he will not to play"
- 2. a hypothesis that is taken for granted;
- "any society is built upon certain assumptions"
- 3. the act of taking possession of or power over something;
- "his assumption of office coincided with the trouble in Cuba"
- "the Nazi assumption of power in 1934"
- "he acquired all the company's assets for ten million dollars and the assumption of the company's debts"
- 4. audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to;
- "he despised them for their presumptuousness"
- 5. the act of assuming or taking for granted;
- "your assumption that I would agree was unwarranted"