suppose
英 [sə'pəʊz]
美[sə'poz]
	    - vt. 假设;认为;让(虚拟语气);推想
 - vi. 猜想;料想
 - conj. 假使…结果会怎样
 
英英释意
- 1. express a supposition;
 - "Let us say that he did not tell the truth"
 - "Let's say you had a lot of money--what would you do?"
 
- 2. expect, believe, or suppose;
 - "I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel"
 - "I thought to find her in a bad state"
 - "he didn't think to find her in the kitchen"
 - "I guess she is angry at me for standing her up"
 
- 3. to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds;
 - "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"
 
- 4. take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand;
 - "I presuppose that you have done your work"
 
- 5. require as a necessary antecedent or precondition;
 - "This step presupposes two prior ones"