hypothesize

🇬🇧/haɪˈpɒθəsaɪz/ 🇺🇸/haɪˈpɑːθəsaɪz/
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If you hypothesize that something will happen, you say that you think that thing will happen because of various facts you have considered. 假设; 猜测

verb [vt. 及物动词] vt. 假设,假定

To explain this, they hypothesize that galaxies must contain a great deal of missing matter which cannot be detected. 为了解释这一点,他们假定银河系一定包含了大量无法探测到的不明物质。

verb [vi. 不及物动词] vi. 假设,假定

They hypothesize that language diversity must be about history, cultural differences, mountains or oceans dividing populations. 他们假设,语言多样性一定与历史、文化差异、山脉或海洋分隔人口有关。

后缀: ize 【verb】 使...化 - to make or become 原词: hypothesize 是通过后缀 【ize】 构成的派生词
hypo(在…下面) + thes(放) + ize → 放在下面, 还不作为正式的 → 假定, 假设
单词造句:
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I have long hypothesized a connection between these factors. 我一直以来就认为这些因素之间存在着某种关联。
Some scientists hypothesize that the extinction of the dinosaurs resulted from the effects of an asteroid collision with Earth. 一些科学家假定,小行星撞击地球导致了恐龙的灭绝。