suppose是什么意思（suppose的用法）

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一、suppose是什么意思

1、suppose 认为，假设，推测，猜测

2、sup-,在下，-pos,放置，词源同 position,propose.引申词义认为，假设等。

二、suppose的用法

1、suppose

2、suppose: [14] Latin suppōnere meant literally ‘put under’ (it was a compound verb formed from the prefix sub- ‘under’ and pōnere ‘put, place’, source of English position, and its original meaning is best preserved in English suppository [14], literally ‘something placed underneath’). From it was derived the noun suppositiō, which, on the analogy of Greek hupóthesis (source of English hypothesis [16], and itself made up of elements meaning literally ‘under’ and ‘put’), came to be used for an ‘assumption’ – English gets supposition [15] from it.This meaning then fed back into the verb, which English acquired via Old French supposer.=> position, suppository

3、suppose (v.)

4、early 14c., "to assume as the basis of argument," from Old French suposer "to assume" (13c.), probably a replacement (influenced by Old French poser "put, place") of *suppondre, from Latin supponere "put or place under; to subordinate, make subject," from sub "under" (see sub-) + ponere "put, place" (past participle positus; see position (n.)). Meaning "to admit as possible, to believe to be true" is from 1520s.

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