conjecture

英 [kən'dʒektʃə(r)] 美 [kən'dʒektʃər]

• n. 推测；臆测
• v. 推测

英英释义

Noun:

1. a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence);

   "speculations about the outcome of the election"
   "he dismissed it as mere conjecture"
   

2. a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence

3. reasoning that involves the formation of conclusions from incomplete evidence

Verb:

1. to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds;

   "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. We could not conjecture the fact from what he said.
   我们从他的话中还推测不出真实情况。
2. But Manski's model did not confirm this conjecture.
   但曼斯基的模型并无法证实这个推测。
3. No conjecture can be offered on the subject.
   关于这个问题不可臆测。
4. Chronology protection is still just a conjecture, so time travel remains a possibility.
   时序保护还只是个臆测而已，所以时光旅行仍是可能的。

用作动词 (v.)

1. We could not conjecture the fact from what he said.
   我们从他的话中还推测不出真实情况。
2. Who can conjecture about tomorrow's weather conditions?
   谁能推测出明天的天气情况？

经典引文

• To cast Ominous conjecture on the whole success.

  出自： Milton

• I conjecture them to be the remains of that city.

  出自： M. W. Montagu

• I..conjectured that these hours of absence were spent in furtherance of his plan.

  出自： T. Hardy

• Catherine's feelings..can only be conjectured.

  出自： V. Cronin

词汇搭配

• four-color conjecture 四色猜想
• reconstruction conjecture 重构猜想
• four color conjecture 四色猜想

近反义词

【近义词】

• guess 推测
• suppose 假设
• speculate 推测
• speculation 推测
• assume 假定
• supposition 假设
• estimate 估价
• surmise 推测
• imagine 想像
• infer 推断
• assumption 假定
• estimation 判断
• guesswork 臆测
• inference 推理
• thesis 毕业论文
• prediction 预言
• thinking 思考
• conception 概念
• conceive 设想
• conclusion 结尾
• suspicion 猜疑
• hypothesise 假设
• hypothecate 假定
• hypothesis 假说
• surmisal 猜测
• hypothesize 假设
• theorise 建立理论
• theorize 推理