| 釋義 |
suppositionn. 1.surmise,conjecture,notion,opinion 推測(cè),猜想,想法,看法。 △Ado.4.1.240(238): “The supposition of thelady’s death / Will quench the wonder of her infa-my.”對(duì)小姐之死的看法至少可以消除關(guān)于她的這場(chǎng)丑聞所引起的驚奇。 2. suspicion,rumour 懷疑,謠傳。 △1H.IV.5.2.8:“Supposition all our lives shall be stuck full of eyes,”(The allegorical figure of rumour painted full of eyesgoes back to classical times.) 渾身長(zhǎng)著眼睛的猜疑(又譯:謠傳)會(huì)盯上我們一輩子。 3. doubt,uncertainty 疑問(wèn),靠不住。 △Mer.1.3.17:“Yet his means are in supposition.”i.e.only assumedto exist,but not yet realized. 不過(guò)他的財(cái)產(chǎn)現(xiàn)在還不一定靠得住。 |