supposititious
a. 偷偷掉换的, 冒充的, 想像的, 假的 [法] 伪的, 伪造的, 冒充的
发音
UK
/səˌpɒzɪˈtɪʃəs/
US
/səˌpɑzəˈtɪʃəs/
词形变化
more supposititious
比较级
most supposititious
最高级
别名
suppositious
释义与例句
adj.
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1.
Spurious; substituted for the genuine, counterfeit; fake.
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2.
Imaginary; fictitious, pretended to exist.
废旧1836, Edgar Allan Poe, Review of Joseph Rodman Drake, The Culprit Fay, and other Poems and Fitz-Greene Halleck, Alnwick Castle, with other Poems in Southern Literary Messenger, Volume 2, No. 5, April 1836, pp. 327-328, … we discover in all men a disposition to look with reverence upon superiority, whether real or supposititious.
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3.
Supposed or hypothetical.
古体“Why this particular problem, Speaker? It obviously has significance other than purely academic.” “Thank you, my boy. You are as quick as I had expected. The problem is not supposititious.”
词汇关系
词源
Borrowed from Latin suppositīcius.
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