surmise

參見：surmisé

英語

詞源

源自古法語 surmis，surmetre、surmettre (「指責」)的過去分詞，源自sur- (「上」) + metre (「放置」)。

發音

• (標準英音) 國際音標^(幫助)：/sɜːˈmaɪz/
• (通用美式) 國際音標^(幫助)：/sɚˈmaɪz/

• （澳洲）音頻：

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• 韻部：-aɪz
• 斷字：sur‧mise

名詞

surmise (可數 和 不可數，複數 surmises)

1. 猜測，臆測

   近義詞： 參見Thesaurus:supposition

   surmises of jealousy or of envy

   出於嫉妒的猜測

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

   但是這個觀點只是猜測，可能對也可能不對。

   • 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，頁號 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, 章號 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，頁號 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

   近義詞： 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, 出版於 1623, →OCLC, act I, scene iii，頁號 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

動詞

surmise (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 surmises，現在分詞 surmising，一般過去時及過去分詞 surmised)

1. 猜測，臆測，推測

   近義詞： 參見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——我認為你也會碰到——麻煩跟她們說我想要拜訪。

衍生詞彙

• surmisable
• surmiser

 

延伸閱讀

• 「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 在線詞典 上有關 surmise 的釋義

異序詞

• misuser

法語

發音

• 國際音標^(幫助)：/syʁ.miz/
• 同音詞：surmisent, surmises

動詞

surmise

1. surmiser 的屈折變化形式：
   1. 第一人稱/第三人稱單數現在時直陳式/虛擬式
   2. 第二人稱單數命令式

異序詞

• mûrisse