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

• Because of this he could not follow the arguments closely, and he could only guess at and surmise the ideas wrapped up in such strange expressions.
  他无法紧跟讨论，只能猜测和估计包裹在这些陌生词语中的意思。
• It turned out that my surmise was correct.
  结果表明我的推测没有错。
• 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。
• Then you will be in possession of what I surmise, since that is what you wish to be told.
  这样，你就掌握了我所推测的意义，那就是你希望了解的东西。
• His surmise proved correct.
  他的猜测后来证明是正确的。
• 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。
• A very painful surmise arose concerning her character.
  对她的人格产生了一种令人难堪的猜度。
• Instead, we can surmise that Dumbledore knew that Hagrid might slip, and used this to his advantage.
  相反，我们可以推测邓布利多知道海格可能失言，并利用了这一点而对他有利。
• Some townspeople surmise it's the devil's work, based on claw marks on the victims.
  城里有些人猜测这是魔鬼干的，因为被害者身上的爪子印。
• We surmise that the delay is caused by some accident.
  我们猜测这迟延是由某种意外所致。