托福詞匯每日一練:hypothesis

今天我們來回顧一下關(guān)于 hypothesis 這個詞壇子里的的小伙伴腦洞如何？請往下看↓↓↓

用法介紹

MEANINGS 義項

1.[C] an idea that is suggested as an explanation for something, but that has not yet been proved to be true

假設(shè)，假說

SYN THEORY

• One hypothesis is that the victim fell asleep while driving.

一種假設(shè)是受害人開車時睡著了。

prove/test/support etc a hypothesis

• We hope that further research will confirm our hypothesis.

我們希望進(jìn)一步的研究能證實我們的假設(shè)。

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• The authors reject the hypothesis about unemployment contributing to crime.

這些作者否定了關(guān)于失業(yè)導(dǎo)致犯罪的假設(shè)。

2.[U] ideas or guesses rather than facts

猜想

SYN SPECULATION

• All this is mere hypothesis.

這一切純屬猜想。