assumption

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself; the act of taking up or adopting. countable,uncountable
    — His assumption of secretarial duties was timely.
  2. The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; a supposition; an unwarrantable claim. countable,uncountable
    — Their assumption of his guilt disqualified them from jury duty.
  3. The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition. countable,uncountable
    — No doubt a finite evaluative argument must make some unargued evaluative assumptions, just as finite factual arguments must make some unargued factual assumptions.
  4. The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism. countable,uncountable
  5. The taking of a person up into heaven. countable,uncountable
    — Of vvhat texte thou proveſt hell / vvill a nother prove purgatory / a nother lymbo patrum / and a nother the aſſumpcion of oure ladi: And a nother ſhall prove of the ſame texte that an Ape hath a tayle.
  6. A festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven, celebrated on 15 August. countable,uncountable
  7. Assumptio. countable,rhetoric,uncountable

词形变化

assumptions plural

词汇关系

衍生词
assumption of risk Assumption Parish deed of assumption heroic assumption misassumption non-assumption nonassumption preassumption reassumption self-assumption subassumption
相关词
assume assumptive

词源

From Middle English assumpcioun, from Medieval Latin assūmptiō (“a taking up (into heaven)”) and Latin assūmptiō (“a taking up, adoption, the minor proposition of a syllogism”) (whence -ion), from Latin assūmō (whence as- (“assimilated form of ad-”). See also assume. Doublet of assumptio.
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