"I guess it just proves that in America anyone can be president."

——Gerald Ford

「我的猜测证明了在美国，人人也能当总统。」

——杰拉尔德·福特

一、你知道guess有几种含义吗？

 

n.

猜测；推测 [C] an attempt to give an answer or an opinion when you cannot be certain if you are right

Make a guess at the answer.

猜一下答案。

 

v.

1.猜测，推测 [I,T] to try and give an answer or make a judgement about sth without being sure of all the facts

I can guess what will happen next.

我能推测出接着会发生什么事。

 

2.猜出，猜着，猜中 [I,T] to find the right answer to a question or the truth without knowing all the facts

I guessed his thoughts.

我猜着了他的想法。

 

3.想，认为 [I,T] to suppose that sth is true or likely

I guess you do get wiser as you get older.

我想你年纪越大，真是变得越聪明。

 

二、还有哪些单词能表示和guess类似的意思呢？

assume, presume, suppose, guess, postulate

这些动词均含为“假设，猜想，推测”之意。

assume指有很少或完全无根据的武断推测或不合逻辑的推理。

presume侧重以过去经验或根据现实的某些感觉把某事认定为是事实。

suppose常用词，意义较广泛，指缺乏确切事实，根据一些现象进行的推测，也可指为论证而提出合乎逻辑推理的某种假定，有时仅表示自己的意见。

guess常用词，指毫无根据仅凭个人主观臆断或碰运气的猜测。

postulate指为证实一个理论的正确性而进行的假设。

 

三、接下来，做个小测试吧

I        we'll leave now.

我想我们现在该走了。