释义 |
assume /a'sju: m US: a'su: m; a'sum/ vt 1 [VP6A, 9, 25] take as true before there is proof: (在未证依前) 假定; 以为: You ~ his innocence/him to be innocent/that he is innocent before hearing the evidence against him. 在未听到对他不利的证言之前,你假定他是无罪的。 He's not such a fool as you ~d (=supposed) him to be. 他并非如你所以为的那样愚蠢。 Assuming this to be true... 假定这是真的…。 → presume(1). 2 [VP6A] take up; undertake: 担任; 承当: ~ the direction of a business; 负责主持一项业务; ~ office; 就职; ~ the reins of government, begin to govern. 开始执政。 3 [VP6A] take upon or for oneself sth not genuine or sincere: 假装; 佯作; 冒用: ~ a look of innocence; 装作无辜的样子; ~ a new name. 用新名字; 用化名。 |