hypothesize(动词):提出假设;根据已有信息进行推测并尝试解释原因或规律。(常用于学术研究、调查分析等语境)
/haɪˈpɑːθəsaɪz/
I hypothesize that plants grow faster with more sunlight.
我假设植物在阳光更充足的情况下生长得更快。
Based on the data, researchers hypothesize that the disease spreads through close contact, though further experiments are needed to confirm it.
根据数据,研究人员推测这种疾病通过密切接触传播,不过还需要进一步实验来证实。
来自希腊语 hypothesis(“假设、前提”),由 *hypo-*(“在……之下”)+ thesis(“放置、命题”)构成,原意带有“作为基础放在下面的命题/前提”。英语中先有名词 hypothesis,后派生出动词 hypothesize,表示“提出假设”。