presuming

英 [prɪˈzjuːmɪŋ]

美 [prɪˈzuːmɪŋ]

v.  假设; 假定; 推定; 设定; 设想
presume的现在分词

柯林斯词典

• VERB （不肯定地）认为，相信，推测
  If youpresume thatsomething is the case, you think that it is the case, although you are not certain.
  1. I presume you're here on business...
     我想你是来这里出差的。
  2. Dido's told you the whole sad story, I presume?...
     我想狄多已经把这件伤心事全部告诉你了吧？
  3. 'Had he been home all week?' — 'I presume so.'
     “他整个星期都在家吗？”——“我想是这样的。”
  4. ...areas that have been presumed to be safe...
     被认为很安全的地方
  5. The missing person is presumed dead.
     那名失踪者已被认定死亡。
• VERB 冒昧；擅自主张；妄行
  If you say that someonepresumes todo something, you mean that they do it even though they have no right to do it.
  1. They're resentful that outsiders presume to meddle in their affairs...
     他们对外人擅自干预他们的事务非常愤慨。
  2. I wouldn't presume to question your judgment.
     我不会冒昧地质疑你的判断。
• VERB 假设；假定
  If an idea, theory, or planpresumescertain facts, it regards them as true so that they can be used as a basis for further ideas and theories.
  1. The legal definition of 'know' often presumes mental control...
     “知晓”的法律定义通常假定存在思维控制能力。
  2. The arrangement presumes that both lenders and borrowers are rational.
     这一协议假定借贷双方都是在神志清楚的状态下签订的。

双语例句

• ALAN GREENSPAN: "I made a mistake in presuming that the self-interest of organizations, specifically banks and others, were such as that they were best capable of protecting their own shareholders."
  艾伦•格林斯潘“我犯了一个错误：认为机构（尤其是银行等机构）的自身利益使他们能够更好地保护他们的股东。”
• Presuming that the BofA chief might get as much as$ 10m for his stewardship of the bank that year, Thain calculated that he deserved a similar, but slightly smaller sum for himself, especially for steering Merrill clear of the bankruptcy that befell Lehman.
  塞恩认定美国银行的首席执行官当年可获得高达1000万美元奖金，他推测自己应该获得与之类似但数额略小的奖金，尤其是他还使美林免于遭受雷曼兄弟那样的破产命运。
• Presuming nothing, Livingstone reasoned that the famous portrait's flickering smile is caused by the way we see.
  其实没什么其它原因，Livingstone将蒙娜丽莎这个著名画像的如闪即逝的微笑的原因归为我们看它的方式。
• But presuming that your promotion does not come completely out of the blue, what practical steps can a leader take to be ready to perform?
  不过，你的升迁恐怕也不完全是那么突然的事，那么，一个领导人可以采取哪些实际的步骤，为自己的新官上任做准备呢？
• Faced with this kind of illegal competition, the publishers tend to move upmarket, offering higher prices and higher quality and presuming that they will not be able to beat the counterfeiters on price.
  面对这种非法竞争，出版商们往往转向高端市场，提供更高的价格和质量，认定自己无法在价格上击败造假者。
• Presuming the Three to be vanquished, the Horadrim's unstable fellowship began to dissipate.
  可以料想在三大恶魔被击败之后，赫拉迪姆那不稳固的友谊便开始消散了。
• At ones own sweet will, does not mean presuming on your seniority, or going your own way, making unlimited demands, or even displeasing others.
  从心所欲，不是说可以倚老卖老，我行我素，予取予求，惹人生厌。
• The man with flattering must be the murderer, because he will make any person self-complacent and arrogant and even presuming without discipline.
  满嘴奉承的人只能是凶手，因为他可以让人感到自满和骄傲甚至狂妄无律。
• This is the frame of mind that sees the Benelux countries still holding a bigger share than China of the votes at the IMF; and the Group of Seven leading industrialised nations presuming this weekend that it remains the right forum to redesign the global financial system.
  正是在这种思维框架下，比利时、荷兰和卢森堡在IMF的投票权份额仍然多于中国；而七大工业国集团（G7）认为自己依旧是重新设计全球金融体系的最佳人选。
• Chaste women are often proud and forward, as presuming upon the merit of their chastity.
  贞节的妇人往往骄傲不逊，一若她们是自恃贞节也者。