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conjecture 音標拼音: [kəndʒ'ɛktʃɚ] [kəndʒ'ɛkʃɚ] n. 推測,猜想,揣摩
vt.
vi. 推測,猜想,揣摩 推測,猜想,揣摩推測,猜想,揣摩 conjecture推測 猜測 conjecture n 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" [ synonym: { speculation}, { conjecture}] 2: a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence [ synonym: { guess}, { conjecture}, { supposition}, { surmise}, { surmisal}, { speculation}, { hypothesis}] 3: reasoning that involves the formation of conclusions from incomplete evidence v 1: to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; " Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps" [ synonym: { speculate}, { theorize}, { theorise}, { conjecture}, { hypothesize}, { hypothesise}, { hypothecate}, { suppose}] Conjecture \ Con* jec" ture\ (; 135?), n. [ L. conjectura, fr. conjicere, conjectum, to throw together, infer, conjecture; con- jacere to throw: cf. F. conjecturer. See { Jet} a shooting forth.] An opinion, or judgment, formed on defective or presumptive evidence; probable inference; surmise; guess; suspicion. [ 1913 Webster] He [ Herodotus] would thus have corrected his first loose conjecture by a real study of nature. -- Whewell. [ 1913 Webster] Conjectures, fancies, built on nothing firm. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster]
Conjecture \ Con* jec" ture\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Conjectured}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Conjecturing}.] [ Cf. F. conjecturer. Cf. { Conject}.] To arrive at by conjecture; to infer on slight evidence; to surmise; to guess; to form, at random, opinions concerning. [ 1913 Webster] Human reason can then, at the best, but conjecture what will be. -- South. [ 1913 Webster]
Conjecture \ Con* jec" ture\, v. i. To make conjectures; to surmise; to guess; to infer; to form an opinion; to imagine. [ 1913 Webster] 56 Moby Thesaurus words for " conjecture": assume, assumption, axiom, believe, blind guess, bold conjecture, conceive, conclude, deem, estimate, expect, fancy, feel, gather, give a guess, glean, guess, guesswork, hazard a conjecture, hunch, hypothesis, imagine, infer, inference, judge, perhaps, postulate, postulation, postulatum, premise, presume, presumption, presupposal, presupposition, pretend, proposition, risk assuming, rough guess, set of postulates, shot, speculation, stab, supposal, suppose, supposing, supposition, surmise, suspect, take for granted, tentatively suggest, thesis, think, unverified supposition, venture a guess, wild guess, working hypothesis
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