surmise
Word family adjectivesurmisablenounsurmisalsurmisersurmisingverbsurmise
sur·mise /səˈmaɪz $ sər-/ verb [transitiveT] formalGUESS to guess that something is true, using the information you know already 推测,猜测,臆测surmise that When she came in, he didn’t look up, so she surmised that he was in a bad mood. 他进来时低着头,因此她猜想他心情不好。
—surmise noun [countableC, uncountableU] Charles was glad to have his surmise confirmed. 查尔斯很高兴他的推测得到了证实。
surmise that• We could only surmise that alternative passages must have been worse.• Emma privately surmises that Dixon sent it, Mrs Weston that it is a gift from Knightley.• He surmised that every bird possesses a form of template upon which it tries different notes until it finds the correct ones.• Back in the bedroom, he surmised that he was high.• No one surmised that Pro Bowl candidates would be moving around like so many pieces on a huge chessboard.• I could only surmise that she and Lila had met before.• Because the molds used in making these cheeses have been long used, it is surmised that they are safe.• One can only surmise that this arrangement was for the programming convenience of the television station which covered the matches. Origin surmise (1500-1600) Old French past participle of surmetre “to accuse”, from Latin supermettere “to throw on”, from mittere “to send”