suppose
假设,假定,估计,推测
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sup·posed, sup·pos·ing.
- : to assume, as for the sake of argument or as part of a proposition or theory: Suppose the distance to be one mile.
- : to consider as a possibility suggested or an idea or plan proposed: Suppose we wait until tomorrow.
- : to believe or assume as true; take for granted: It is supposed that his death was an accident.
- : to think or hold as an opinion: What do you suppose he will do?
- : to require logically; imply; presuppose: The evidence supposes his presence near the scene.
- : to expect or design; require or permit: The machine is supposed to make noise. I'm not supposed to run fast.
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sup·posed, sup·pos·ing.
- : to assume something; presume; think.
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The so-called smart mask, partially unveiled on Thursday, is packed with hospital-grade HEPA filters and battery-powered fans that are supposed to make breathing easier by drawing in air.
When implanted into a brain, these threads would form a high-capacity channel for a computer to communicate with the brain, a system supposed to be much more powerful than the existing brain-machine interfaces being researched.
I suppose the advice that I would offer is to not sit around and wait for something to happen – make it happen.
It is this expanded version of the program, which was initially supposed to last one year, that is being extended.
In the second case, Purdue University biologist Danny Haelewaters was supposed to be on six-nation field trip from Panama to eastern Russia.
Suppose my hotel “conscientiously objects” to hosting a gay couple.
“I suppose she'll want a fortune as well,” he says, looking at me as if I were Liv Ullmann's agent.
But let's suppose for a second that these emails had been released to the press.
I suppose if you get obsessed with the notion of being a writer more than the writing itself, that would be bad.
Now consider a different question: suppose Al Gore had stayed in the race.
The fire had been heaped over with earth—to screen it from prying eyes, I suppose, while the good work went on.
I he is sick of the sound of them, or perhaps it is because he feels obliged to be conscientious in teaching Beethoven!