presume
🇬🇧 UK/pri'zu:m/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions
v.
To suppose something is true without proof; to act with undue boldness or without permission.
假定,推测;擅自,冒昧
🧩 Root Breakdown
Root-derivedCommon Collocations
- 1.presume innocence推定无罪
- 2.presume dead推定死亡
- 3.presume to know自以为知道
- 4.[presume too much]过于自以为是
Example Sentences
- 1.
I presume you've already read the report before this meeting.
- 2.
He was presumed innocent until the evidence proved otherwise.
- 3.
I wouldn't presume to tell you how to run your own business.