presumption

英 [prɪˈzʌmpʃn]

美 [prɪˈzʌmpʃn]

n.  可能的事; 认为真实的事; 非分的行为; 妄自尊大; 推定; 假定; 假设

复数：presumptions　

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牛津词典

noun

• 可能的事；认为真实的事
  something that is thought to be true or probable
  1. There is a general presumption that the doctor knows best.
     一般人都以为医生最了解情况。
• 非分的行为；妄自尊大
  behaviour that is too confident and shows a lack of respect for other people
• 推定；假定；假设
  the act of supposing that sth is true, although it has not yet been proved or is not certain
  1. Everyone is entitled to the presumption of innocence until they are proved to be guilty.
     在被证明有罪以前，每一个人都应被假定无辜。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 假定；假设
  Apresumptionis something that is accepted as true but is not certain to be true.
  1. ...the presumption that a defendant is innocent until proved guilty...
     被告在被证实有罪之前都被视为无罪的假定
  2. I'm having to make a lot of presumptions since I don't really know anything about the case.
     事实上我对这个案件一无所知，很多观点都只能是假设。
• N-UNCOUNT 擅自；放肆；冒昧
  If you describe someone's behaviour aspresumption, you disapprove of it because they are doing something that they have no right to do.
  1. They were angered by his presumption.
     他们对他的放肆感到非常愤怒。

英英释义

noun

• a kind of discourtesy in the form of an act of presuming
  1. his presumption was intolerable
• audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to
  1. he despised them for their presumptuousness
  Synonym:presumptuousnesseffronteryassumption
• (law) an inference of the truth of a fact from other facts proved or admitted or judicially noticed
• an assumption that is taken for granted
  Synonym:givenprecondition

双语例句

• I'm having to make a lot of presumptions since I don't really know anything about the case.
  事实上我对这个案件一无所知，很多观点都只能是假设。
• Freedom of information laws create a presumption of public access.
  信息自由法确立了公众有权获取政府存档的前提。
• A presumption for such a lesson is a piano graduation and speaking English or german.
  推测这样的课程是给钢琴毕业生的，并且会说英语或德语。
• They were angered by his presumption.
  他们对他的放肆感到非常愤怒。
• In many countries, an accused person enjoys a presumption of innocence until tried and convicted.
  在许多国家里，被告直到被审判和定罪之前始终被视为无罪。
• The presumption against contractual intention extends also to other close family relationships.
  对合同的意图推定延伸同样存在于其他的亲密的家庭关系。
• Your presumption that I would want to share a flat with you is false.
  你认为我会和你同住一套公寓，那就错了。
• Presumption of innocence itself has no class nature, so it corresponds to the principle of seeking truth from facts and cracking down on criminal.
  无罪推定本身不具有阶级性，与我国实事求是原则和打击犯罪的要求一致而不矛盾。
• Miss Woodhouse, believe me I have not the presumption to suppose-Indeed I am not so mad.
  伍德豪斯小姐，请相信我，我不会这样冒昧地认为&我确实没有这样狂妄。
• The presumption of innocence is central to British law.
  英国法律的核心是假定无罪。