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suppositionn. 1.surmise,conjecture,notion,opinion 推测,猜想,想法,看法。 △Ado.4.1.240(238): “The supposition of thelady’s death / Will quench the wonder of her infa-my.”对小姐之死的看法至少可以消除关于她的这场丑闻所引起的惊奇。 2. suspicion,rumour 怀疑,谣传。 △1H.IV.5.2.8:“Supposition all our lives shall be stuck full of eyes,”(The allegorical figure of rumour painted full of eyesgoes back to classical times.) 浑身长着眼睛的猜疑(又译:谣传)会盯上我们一辈子。 3. doubt,uncertainty 疑问,靠不住。 △Mer.1.3.17:“Yet his means are in supposition.”i.e.only assumedto exist,but not yet realized. 不过他的财产现在还不一定靠得住。 |