assumption
assumption
noun
noun
- a thing that is accepted as true or as certain to happen, without proof
（无证据的）假定；臆断
they made certain assumptions about the market.
他们对市场做了一些推测。
[with clause]we're working on the assumption that the time of death was after midnight.
我们正按死亡时间在午夜以后的假设开展工作。 - [mass noun]the action of taking or beginning to take power or responsibility
上任；就职 - (Assumption)the reception of the Virgin Mary bodily into heaven. This was formally declared a doctrine of the Roman Catholic Church in 1950
圣母升天（1950年被正式宣布为罗马基督教教义之一）。 参见 Dormition
■the feast in honour of this, celebrated on 15 August
圣母升天节（8月15日） - [mass noun](archaic)arrogance or presumption
(古)傲慢；自以为是
- Middle English (in sense 3): from Old French asompsion or Latin assumptio(n-), from the verb assumere (see assume)
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