【suppose音标】 英[səˈpəʊz] 美[səˈpoʊz]
【单词释义】 suppose是什么意思：
vt.假设,假定；猜想，推测,料想；认为；让（用于祈祷语气）
vi.想象，猜想
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
[第三人称单数] supposes
[单词现在分词] supposing
[单词过去式] supposed
[单词过去分词] supposed
【关联词/派生词】
supposedly adv.据推测；据说；据传
【suppose形近词/近似词】
dispose v.处理，处置；安排；使倾向于
propose v.提议，建议；打算，计划；求婚
expose v. 使暴露；揭露；使曝光
compose v.组成，构成；使镇静，使平静
impose v.强制推行，强制实行；迫使
depose v.罢免；免职；废黜；宣誓作证
oppose v. 反对；抵制
decompose v.分解；（使）腐烂；（使）腐烂
interpose vt.插（话）；插入；介入；提出（异议等）
purpose n.目的；意图 vt.有意；打算；企图
【近义词解析】
◇ 推测，假定
assume (v. 设想，假定)：指想当然地将未经证实的事当真，比较武断。
presume ([六级/考研]v. [正式]假设，假定)：常指以已有的经验、信息等为依据进行合乎逻辑的推测、推断，但结论可能有误。
suppose (v. [正式]假定；猜想)：指在某一前提条件下或根据已有知识、信息等进行推测，有时用于表达意见。
【单词例句】
◇ THERE was once a butterfly who wished for a bride, and, as may be supposed, he wanted to choose a very pretty one from among the flowers.
一只蝴蝶想要找一个新娘。自然，他想要在群花中找到一位可爱的小恋人。
---- The Butterfly
◇ When he walked inside the flies were asleep on the wall, the cook in the kitchen was still holding up his hand as if he wanted to grab the boy, and the maid was sitting in front of the black chicken that was supposed to be plucked.
他走进王宫内，看见墙上的苍蝇在沉睡，厨房里的厨师向上举着手，似乎是要打那童工一耳光，一个女仆手里抓着一只黑母鸡准备拔毛。
---- Little Brier-Rose
◇ Making an efficient icebox was not as easy as we might now suppose. In the early nineteenth century, the knowledge of the physics of heat, which was essential to a science of refrigeration, was rudimentary.
制造一台有效率的冰箱不像我们想象的那么简单。 19世纪早期，关于对冷藏科学至关重要的热物理知识是很浅陋的。