一、详细释义:


n.

假说,假设 [C]


例句:

The hypothesis promptly attracted some interest.

这个假说很快引起了注意。


例句:

The validity of the hypothesis can be tested.

这种假说的可靠性是经得起考验的。


(凭空的)猜想,猜测 [U]


例句:

All this is mere hypothesis.

所有的一切都仅仅是猜测。


例句:

The survey result consisted with our hypothesis.

调查结果和我们的猜测相一致。


二、词义辨析:


hypothesis,assumption,presumption,supposition

这些名词均有“假设,假想”之意。 hypothesis书面用词,指有待作进一步检验或证实的假设。 assumption侧重主观推测或主观设想。 presumption着重指以可能性为依据的假设。 supposition可与assumption换用,还可表某种试探性的主观看法或建议。


三、相关短语:


nebular hypothesis

n.[天]星云假说


planetesimal hypothesis

微星假说,星子假说,行星尘假说


四、参考例句:


Recent theological hypothesis was suspect.

最近的那个神学假设是可疑的。


The hypothesis promptly attracted some interest.

这个假说很快引起了注意。


His new hypothesis is considered probable.

他作出的新假设被认为是有充分根据的。


It is merely a hypothesis; so far.

到目前为止,这仅仅是一种假设。


His hypothesis turned out to be correct.

事实证明他的假设是正确的。


The mathematical formulation of this hypothesis is a persuasive one.

这一假设的数学形式是很诱人的。


The validity of the hypothesis can be tested.

这种假说的可靠性是经得起考验的。


Many lines of evidence make this hypothesis unlikely.

许多迹象表明,这种假设是靠不住的。


The hypothesis still lacks vital data to make it a theory.

这个假设依然缺少使之成为理论的极其重要的数据。


Science continued to throw up discoveries which further backed up his hypothesis.

科学不断地提供新的发现,从而进一步证实了他的假设。