surmised

英 [səˈmaɪzd]

美 [sərˈmaɪzd]

v.  推测; 猜测
surmise的过去分词和过去式

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。

双语例句

• Augustine surmised this was because ( 1) no one had the slightest clue as to how much a power plant should cost, but ( 2) everyone had an idea of how much a tool shed should cost.
  Augustine推测，出现这种现象的原因在于：（1）没有人知道发电厂到底要花多少钱，（2）而每个人都会对一个工具棚的花费指手画脚一番。
• Scatter [ sow] broadcast The helicopters, some American officials later surmised, were used to spray poison gas on the Kurds.
  用撒播法（播）种（种子）一些美国官员后来猜测，那些直升机被用来向库尔德人播撒毒气。
• Nim surmised that their marriage was barely adequate.
  尼姆推测，他们的婚姻至多是凑合事儿。
• And as you surmised in deeper mind, but did not fully recognize is that by facing that ultimate fear, you changed the past, present and future.
  你会用心智去理解，但却没有真正意识到，正是通过面对极度的恐惧，你改变了过去、现在和未来。
• Ere long I heard the click of the latch, and Catherine flew upstairs, breathless and wild; too excited to show gladness: indeed, by her face, you would rather have surmised an awful calamity.
  没有多久，我听见门闩响，凯瑟琳飞奔上楼，上气不接下气，心慌意乱，兴奋得不知该怎么表现她的欢喜了：的确，只消看她的脸，你反而要猜疑将有什么大难临头似的。
• We may have already surmised that the Gulf sheikhdoms see Iran as a bigger threat than Israel.
  我们可能早已猜到，海湾地区各酋长国把伊朗视为比以色列更大的威胁。
• He surmised that her flight was delayed.
  他推测她的航班延误了。
• From what he said I surmised that she was not very well.
  从他所说的，我猜想她的身体不太好。
• He wore a full bodysuit for the first time this season, and Phelps surmised that he'll wear the same gear in Indianapolis.
  这个赛季他第一次穿了件全身式的泳衣，他觉得他会在印第安纳波利斯的比赛中还穿同一款式的衣服。
• Many commentators have surmised that as countries such as China become richer and develop a consumer culture, their savings surpluses will diminish.
  许多评论人士猜测，随着中国等国家变得更加富裕，并培养出一种消费文化，它们的储蓄盈余会收窄。