源自拉丁語 assūmō (「接受」),構自 ad- (「向」) + sūmō (「擔任」)。
assume (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 assumes,現在分詞 assuming,一般過去時及過去分詞 assumed)
- 假定;猜測;用想法來證定某件事是真實的或是有效的
We assume that, as her parents were dentists, she knows quite a bit about dentistry.- 我們推測,由於她的父母都是牙醫,所以她對牙科也相當瞭解。
2013年6月14日, Jonathan Freedland, 「Obama's once hip brand is now tainted」, 出自 The Guardian Weekly, 第 189 卷, 第 1 期,第 18 頁:Where we once sent love letters in a sealed envelope, or stuck photographs of our children in a family album, now such private material is despatched to servers and clouds operated by people we don't know and will never meet. Perhaps we assume that our name, address and search preferences will be viewed by some unseen pair of corporate eyes, probably not human, and don't mind that much.- 我們曾經把情書裝在密封的信封裡,或是把孩子的照片貼在家庭相簿裡,但現在這些隱私資料都被傳送到伺服器和雲端,而這些伺服器和雲端是由我們不認識、也永遠不會見面的人所操作的。 也許我們假設自己的姓名、地址和搜尋偏好會被一雙看不見的企業眼睛(可能不是人類的眼睛)看見,因此並不太介意。
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- 擔任;擔任某個職任或是承擔某項義務
Mr. Jones will assume the position of a lifeguard until a proper replacement is found.- Jones 先生將擔任救生員一職,直到找到合適的替代人員。
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1967, Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, 出版於 1993, →ISBN,第 96 頁:His unruly hair was slicked down with water, and as Jessamy introduced him to Miss Brindle his face assumed a cherubic innocence which would immediately have aroused the suspicions of anyone who knew him.- (請為本引文添加中文翻譯)
2012年8月5日, Nathan Rabin, 「TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): 「I Love Lisa」 (season 4, episode 15; originally aired 02/11/1993)」, 出自 (請指定書籍名或刊物名):So while Ralph generally seems to inhabit a different, more glorious and joyful universe than everyone else here his yearning and heartbreak are eminently relateable. Ralph sometimes appears to be a magically demented sprite who has assumed the form of a boy, but he’s never been more poignantly, nakedly, movingly human than he is here.- 因此,儘管拉爾夫總體上看來居住在一個與其他人不同的、更光榮和更快樂的宇宙中,但他的渴望和心碎卻非常容易引起共鳴。 有時候,拉爾夫看起來就像一個變身為男孩的魔怔小鬼,但他從來沒有像在這裡一樣,更淒美、更赤裸、更感人。
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- 假裝,冒充
He assumed an air of indifference.- 他裝出一副無動於衷的樣子。
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- a. 1809,Beilby Porteus, sermon:
- ambition assuming the mask of religion.
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- 接納
1820, 沃尔特·司各特, 艾凡赫, 第 (please specify |volume=I, II, or III) 卷s, 爱丁堡: […] Archibald Constable and Co.;倫敦:Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC:The sixth was a young knight of lesser renown and lower rank, assumed into that honorable company.- (請為本引文添加中文翻譯)
- 採納;接受某個想法或是原因
- assumable
- assume room temperature
- assume the mantle
- assume the position
- coassume
- just assume
- misassume
- preassume
- reassume
- when you assume, you make an ass out of you and me
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024年),「assume」,《線上詞源詞典》(Online Etymology Dictionary)