1.动词

假定;假设;设想

Suppose someone gave you an egg and asked you to describeexactly what was inside.

假设有人给了你一枚鸡蛋并要你准确描述鸡蛋里面有什么。

Supposing he's right and I do die tomorrow? Maybe I shouldtake out an extra insurance policy.

假设他是对的，我确实明天就会死，那该怎么办？也许我应该再买一份保险。

(根据所知) 认为，推断，料想

The policy is perfectly clear and I see no reason to supposethat it isn't working.

这项政策非常清楚明了，我没有理由认为它不会奏效。

I knew very well that the problem was more complex than hesupposed.

我很清楚那个问题比他料想的要更复杂。

It had been supposed that by then Peter would be married.

人们一直认为到那时彼得应该结婚了。

我看;要我说;我想

I get a bit uptight these days. Hormones, I suppose.

这些天我有点焦躁。我看是荷尔蒙在作怪。

I suppose I'd better do some homework.

我看我最好做做功课。

Is that the right way up? — Yeah. I suppose so.

这是上去的路吗？——是的，我想是。

There's nothing to keep us here, is there? — I suppose not.

这里没有什么让我们留恋的，对吧？——我想没有。

(表示不耐烦或有些生气)我想，我看

I suppose you think you're funny.

我想你认为自己很好笑。

I don't suppose it occurred to you to notify the police.

我看你没想过要去通知警察。

(用于询问意见)你认为，你觉得

Do you suppose he was telling the truth?.

你认为他说的是实话吗？

What do you suppose they want with her?.

你认为他们想从她那里得到什么？

You don't suppose they'd start the trip without us, do you?

你认为他们是不会抛下我们就上路的，对吧？

2.同义词辨析

assume, presume, suppose, guess, postulate

这些动词均含为"假设，猜想，推测"之意。

assume：指有很少或完全无根据的武断推测或不合逻辑的推理。

presume：侧重以过去经验或根据现实的某些感觉把某事认定为是事实。

suppose：常用词，意义较广泛，指缺乏确切事实，根据一些现象进行的推测，也可指为论证而提出合乎逻辑推理的某种假定，有时仅表示自己的意见。

guess：常用词，指毫无根据仅凭个人主观臆断或碰运气的猜测。

postulate：指为证实一个理论的正确性而进行的假设。