surmise

参见：surmisé

英语

词源

源自古法语 surmis，surmetre、surmettre (“指责”)的过去分词，源自sur- (“上”) + metre (“放置”)。

发音

• (标准英音) 国际音标^(帮助)：/sɜːˈmaɪz/
• (通用美式) 国际音标^(帮助)：/sɚˈmaɪz/

• （澳洲）音频：

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• 韵部：-aɪz
• 断字：sur‧mise

名词

surmise (可数 和 不可数，复数 surmises)

1. 猜测，臆测

   近义词： 参见Thesaurus:supposition

   surmises of jealousy or of envy

   出于嫉妒的猜测

   This opinion, however, is merely a surmise, which may or may not be the case.

   但是这个观点只是猜测，可能对也可能不对。

   • 1721, anonymous [Jonathan Swift], “The Sentiments of a Church of England-man with Respect to Religion and Government. Written in the Year, 1708”, 出自 Miscellanies in Prose and Verse, 4th版, Dublin: Printed by S. Fairbrother, book-seller, and are to be sold at his shop in Skinner-Row, over against the Tholsel, →OCLC，页号 61:

     But ſurely no Man whatſoever ought in Justice or good Manners to be charged with Principles he actually diſowns, unleſs his Practices do openly and without the leaſt Room for Doubt, contradict his Profeſſion: Not upon ſmall Surmiſes, or becauſe he has the Miſfortune to have Ill Men ſometimes agree with him in a few general Sentiments.

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   • 1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, 章号 32, 出自 The Moon and Sixpence: A Novel (Heinemann's Colonial Library of Popular Fiction), London: William Heinemann, →OCLC:

     The meeting had been devoid of incident. No word had been said to give me anything to think about, and any surmises I might make were unwarranted. I was intrigued.

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   • 1962 April, “Talking of Trains: The future of Princes Street”, 出自 Modern Railways，页号 227:

     In short, the chances of the Princes Street terminal's survival seem unsure, though at the moment these views are no more than surmise.

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2. 想法，思考

   近义词： thought、posit、reflection

   • c. 1606?, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, 出自 Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies, London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, 出版于 1623, →OCLC, act I, scene iii，页号 133:

     My Thought, whoſe Murther yet is but fantaſticall, / Shakes ſo my ſingle ſtate of Man, / That Function is ſmother'd in ſurmiſe, / And nothing is, but what is not.

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   • Template:RQ:Keats Poems

动词

surmise (第三人称单数简单现在时 surmises，现在分词 surmising，一般过去时及过去分词 surmised)

1. 猜测，臆测，推测

   近义词： 参见Thesaurus:suppose

   If, as I surmise, you see the ladies this evening, you might mention my intended visit.

   如果你今晚碰到那些女士——我认为你也会碰到——麻烦跟她们说我想要拜访。

衍生词汇

• surmisable
• surmiser

 

延伸阅读

• “surmise”, Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, OCLC 800618302
• “surmise”, The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, OCLC 867766587
• OneLook 在线词典 上有关 surmise 的释义

异序词

• misuser

法语

发音

• 国际音标^(帮助)：/syʁ.miz/
• 同音词：surmisent, surmises

动词

surmise

1. surmiser 的屈折变化形式：
   1. 第一人称/第三人称单数现在时直陈式/虚拟式
   2. 第二人称单数命令式

异序词

• mûrisse