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

• ` Mrs Heathcliff is my daughter-in-law, 'said Heathcliff, corroborating my surmise.
  希刺克厉夫太太是我的儿媳妇，希刺克厉夫说，证实了我的猜测。
• She had a guilty look which immediately roused surmise in his mind.
  她那做贼心虚的神色马上引起了他的猜测。
• It turned out that my surmise was correct.
  结果表明我的推测没有错。
• He was afraid she might surmise the truth.
  他担心她可能会猜出真相。
• What imagination would have been irreverent enough to surmise that the same scorching stigma was on them both!
  谁能够竟然大不敬地猜想出，他俩身上会有着同样的灼热的耻辱烙印呢！
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Rescuers surmise he may have been descending for help following an accident higher on the mountain.
  救援人员推测，他可能是在上面某个地方发生事故后下山寻求救援的。
• It did not quantify the damage, leaving investors free to surmise the worst.
  该公司并未具体估量受打击程度，而是让投资者自行推测最糟糕情形。