presume(动词):推定;假定;(在缺乏充分证据时)认为。也常指擅自、冒昧地做某事(语气更负面)。
/priˈzuːm/
I presumed he was busy and didn’t call.
我推定他很忙,所以没有打电话。
From her accent and vocabulary, the interviewer presumed that she had studied abroad, even though her resume didn’t mention it.
从她的口音和用词来看,面试官推断她可能在国外读过书,尽管简历里没有写。
来自拉丁语 praesumere,由 *prae-*(“在前、预先”)+ sumere(“拿、取”)构成,原意是“预先拿走/先行判断”,后来发展为“在证据不足时先作判断(推定)”,以及“擅自做某事(冒昧)”等含义。