surmise

名词 n. 动词 v.
/sɜːˈmaɪz/    /sɚˈmaɪz/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Thought, imagination, or conjecture, which may be based upon feeble or scanty evidence; suspicion; guess. countable,uncountable
    — surmises of jealousy or of envy
  2. Reflection; thought; posit. countable,uncountable
    — My Thought, whoſe Murther yet is but fantaſticall, / Shakes ſo my ſingle ſtate of Man, / That Function is ſmother'd in ſurmiſe, / And nothing is, but what is not.
动词 v.
  1. To imagine or suspect; to conjecture; to posit with contestable premises. intransitive
    — If, as I surmise, you see the ladies this evening, you might mention my intended visit.

词形变化

surmises plural surmises present,singular,third-person surmising participle,present surmised participle,past surmised past

词源

词源 1
From Old French surmis, past participle of surmetre, surmettre (“to accuse”), from sur- (“upon”) + metre (“to put”).
词源 2
From Old French surmis, past participle of surmetre, surmettre (“to accuse”), from sur- (“upon”) + metre (“to put”).
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