assumption
【假设、设定、推测】
Assumption 是名词,指的是 假设、设定、推测,即我们基于某些已知的信息或前提, 认为某件事是成立的,即使没有足够的证据或事实证明它。
📌 词性:
- 名词(n.):假设,设定,假定,承认
1. "Assumption" 的含义
✅ (1)假设,设定
当我们在没有完整证据的情况下,假定某事为真,以便进行讨论、决策或推理时,这就是一种 假设。
📌 例句:
- His theory was based on the assumption that all humans are inherently selfish.
(他的理论是基于假设所有人类天生自私。) - We made the assumption that the project would be completed by the end of the month.
(我们假设项目将在月底前完成。)
✅ (2)承认,接受(某种责任或角色)
Assumption 也可以指 接受某种责任、职位或角色,通常是正式地接手某事。
📌 例句:
- She took on the assumption of managing the new department.
(她承担了管理新部门的责任。) - The assumption of power by the new government led to widespread changes.
(新政府的掌权导致了广泛的变化。)
✅ (3)常见搭配
- Make an assumption:做出假设,假定。
- Before we proceed, let's make an assumption about the budget.
(在我们继续之前,假设一下预算。)
- Before we proceed, let's make an assumption about the budget.
- Assumption of responsibility:承担责任。
- His assumption of responsibility for the error was commendable.
(他承担错误的责任值得表扬。)
- His assumption of responsibility for the error was commendable.
✅ (4)反义词
- Fact:事实,实情。
- The fact that she passed the exam with flying colors proves her hard work.
(她以优异的成绩通过考试证明了她的努力。)
- The fact that she passed the exam with flying colors proves her hard work.
- Reality:现实,实际情况。
- The reality is that we don't have enough resources to complete the project on time.
(现实是我们没有足够的资源按时完成项目。)
- The reality is that we don't have enough resources to complete the project on time.
📌 结论
- Assumption 主要指 假设 或 推测,即基于现有的信息、经验或信念对某事进行的 预设,通常没有足够的证据。
- 也可以表示 接受责任 或 接受角色,例如接受某个职位或任务。
Assumption 是我们在缺乏完整信息时常常用到的一个概念,用来 简化复杂问题 或 进行决策。