conjecture

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n. 推测, 猜想, 揣摩 v. 推测, 猜想, 揣摩 [计] 推测; 猜测

发音

UK /kənˈd͡ʒɛk.t͡ʃə(ɹ)/
其它
CA /kənˈd͡ʒɛk.t͡ʃɚ/
US /kənˈd͡ʒɛk.t͡ʃɚ/
AU /kənˈd͡ʒek.t͡ʃə(ɹ)/
NZ /kənˈd͡ʒek.t͡ʃə(ɹ)/

词形变化

conjectures 复数 conjectures conjectured conjectures 三单 conjectureth conjecturing conjecturing 现在分词 conjectured 过去式 conjectured 过去分词

教材释义与例句

名词

推测;猜想

动词

推测

动词

推测;揣摩

释义与例句

n. C2
  1. 1.

    A statement or an idea which is unproven, but is thought to be true; a guess.

    臆测

    推测

    可数 正式 不可数

    I explained it, but it is pure conjecture whether he understood, or not.

  2. 2.

    A supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis.

    猜想

    假说

    可数 正式 不可数

    The physicist used his conjecture about subatomic particles to design an experiment.

  3. 3.

    A statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven.

    猜想

    可数 不可数 语言学 数学
  4. 4.

    Interpretation of signs and omens.

    可数 废旧 不可数
v. C2
  1. 1.

    To guess; to venture an unproven idea.

    推测

    正式 不及物

    I do not know if it is true; I am simply conjecturing here.

  2. 2.

    To infer on slight evidence; to guess at.

    及物

    February 22, 1685, Robert South, All Contingences under the Direction of God's Providence (sermon preached at Westminster Abbey)

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词源

From Old French, from Latin coniectūra (“a guess”), from coniectus, perfect passive participle of cōniciō (“throw or cast together; guess”), from con- (“together”) + iaciō (“throw, hurl”); see jet. Compare adjective, eject, inject, project, reject, subject, object, trajectory, deject, abject, surjection, bijection, interject. Compare typologically Russian прики́дывать (prikídyvatʹ) (akin to кида́ть (kidátʹ)).

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