| 釋義 |
suppositionn.
1.surmise,conjecture,notion,opinion 推測，猜想，想法，看法。
△Ado.4.1.240(238): “The supposition of thelady’s death / Will quench the wonder of her infa-my.”對小姐之死的看法至少可以消除關于她的這場丑聞所引起的驚奇。
2. suspicion,rumour 懷疑，謠傳。
△1H.IV.5.2.8:“Supposition all our lives shall be stuck full of eyes，”(The allegorical figure of rumour painted full of eyesgoes back to classical times.) 渾身長著眼睛的猜疑(又譯：謠傳)會盯上我們一輩子。
3. doubt,uncertainty 疑問，靠不住。
△Mer.1.3.17:“Yet his means are in supposition.”i.e.only assumedto exist,but not yet realized. 不過他的財產現(xiàn)在還不一定靠得住。 |