英 [əˈsʌmpʃn] 美 [əˈsʌmpʃ(ə)n]
n. 假定，假设；取得，承担
复数assumptions
assumption /əˈsʌmpʃən/ CET4 TEM4
可数名词 If you make an assumption that something is true or will happen, you accept that it is true or will happen, often without any real proof. 假设
You would be making an assumption that's not based on any fact that you could report.
你会做出不以你能报道的任何事实为依据的一种假设。
a hypothesis that is taken for granted
any society is built upon certain assumptions
同义词： supposition / supposal
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
同义词： laying claim
celebration in the Roman Catholic Church of the Virgin Mary's being taken up into heaven when her earthly life ended; corresponds to the Dormition in the Eastern Orthodox church
同义词： Assumption of Mary / August 15
audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to
同义词： presumption / presumptuousness / effrontery
(Christianity) the taking up of the body and soul of the Virgin Mary when her earthly life had ended
the act of assuming or taking for granted
your assumption that I would agree was unwarranted
这个假定（assumption）是决策过程中所持有的对于客观环境和项目本身自以为正确的观念这些观念的正确性对于处于其中的策划者来说显然是不言自明的。
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... Assurance保证，给予承诺，做出保证；前面的搭配中提到的句型； Assumption假定，假想；承担； Sanction许可，批准；Insurance保险，保险费。 ...
assumed 假定的；假装的
assumptive 假定的；设想的；傲慢的
assume 装腔作势；多管闲事
assume 承担；假定；采取；呈现
假定；设想；担任；采取
conception / perhaps / if
His actions were based on a false assumption.
他的行为基于错误的设想。
The whole argument rests on a false assumption.
整个论证都是基于一个错误的假设。
We are working on the assumption that it was a gas explosion.
我们正依据它是一起燃气爆炸的假设而行动。
"It's a very incorrect assumption that people with disabilities are in their community sitting around passively waiting for something good to happen.
VOA : special.2011.06.29
Well it happened because we clearly must have a faulty assumption This can't possibly be true.
是因为做了,一个错误的,这不可能是真的。
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He also plainly shares with Gadamer the assumption, the supposition, that the construal of meaning cannot be altogether objective.
他同时也坦率地表示自己和葛达玛，有一样的设想，那就是意思的解读并不都是客观的。
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And so there was an assumption that our common ancestor with them would have been something that also walked that way.
VOA : standard.2009.12.24
The original missile defense policy was based on the assumption that Tehran was seeking a long-range capability.
VOA : standard.2009.09.17
Continue our example with the assumption that short-term rates rise another percentage point in year two before stabilizing.
"I think the assumption is that we all will be doing that, " she said.
This argument rests on a false assumption, that the Middle East was stable to begin with.
assumption是一个英语单词，名词，作名词时意为“假定；设想；担任；采取”。