conjecture 详细解释
conjecture
[kən'dʒektʃə]
n. 推测, 臆测
v. 推测, 臆测
n.
1. 推测, 猜测; 推测的结果[U][C][+that]
Her conjecture that the election would be a landslide proved to be true.
她关于选举会大获全胜的推测证明是正确的。
2. 【古】占卜
vt.
推测出; 对……作推测[+that][Y]
The press conjectured that a summit conference would take place.
报界猜测将会召开最高级会议。
vi.
推测, 猜测
词形变化
形容词: conjecturable | 副词: conjecturably | 名词: conjecturer | 动词过去式: conjectured | 动词过去分词: conjectured | 动词现在分词: conjecturing | 动词第三人称单数: conjectures |
词义辨析
同义:
vt.估量; 猜测
同义参见:
英英释义
名词 conjecture:
a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence)
同义词：speculation
a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
同义词：guess, supposition, surmise, surmisal, speculation, hypothesis
reasoning that involves the formation of conclusions from incomplete evidence
动词 conjecture:
to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
同义词：speculate, theorize, theorise, hypothesize, hypothesise, hypothecate, suppose
补充
conjectureconjecture英:[kənˈdʒektʃə] 美:[kənˈdʒɛktʃɚ]n.1.推测, 猜想She didn't know the facts; what she said was pure conjecture.她并不知道实情, 她所说的纯属猜测。Whether or not her husband knew will always be a matter for conjecture.至于她丈夫知道与否, 将永远是个谜。vt. & vi.1.推测, 猜测, 猜想The general conjectured that the enemy only had about five days' supply of food left.将军推测敌人只剩下五天的粮食给养。例句
1. That was a conjecture, not a fact.那是推测, 不是事实。 2. The attitudes of others were matters of conjecture.别人的态度只是推测出来的东西。 3. Her mysterious friends were, Tim conjectured, probably women.蒂姆猜想, 她的那些神秘朋友很有可能是女性。 4. This may be true or partly true; we are all conjecturing here.这也许属实, 或部分属实, 我们都是在这里揣测。 5. 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。 6. Who can conjecture about tomorrow's weather conditions?谁能推测明天的天气情况? 7. conjectures about the newcomer were many and varied.关于新来者的猜测多种多样。 8. [mass noun]a matter for conjecture.引人猜测的事件。 9. he conjectured the existence of an otherwise unknown feature.他推测还有别的未知特征存在。 10. [with clause]many conjectured that she had a second husband in mind.许多人猜想她在精神上还有一个丈夫。 11. The biography includes conjectures about the writer's earliest ambitions.这部传记包含对作者早年抱负的猜测。 12. a conjecture about the extent of the injury对伤势的推测 13. Your plan is based on (nothing more than) conjecture.你的计划（仅仅）建立在推测的基础上。 14. "Most of the book is conjecture, not fact."这本书的大部分内容均属臆测，并非事实。 15. The criminal's motive remains a matter of conjecture. [=people can only guess about the criminal's motive; no one knows the criminal's motive]这名罪犯的犯罪动机目前只能猜测。 16. Most of the book is conjectural.这本书的大部分内容均属臆测。 17. Some have conjectured that the distant planet could sustain life.有人推测，那颗遥远的行星也许能够维持生命的存在。 18. We only conjecture about his motives.我们只是猜测他的动机。