suppose [sə'pəuz]

vt.

想, 设想, 猜测; 认为, 以为

[和given, provided 通用]假定

包含, 意味着; 必须有, 以...为必需条件

[用于祈使语气]让, ...如何, ...怎么样

(=if)[口]如果

【常用短语】

I suppose you are right.

我想你说得对。

Let's suppose (that) the news is true.

让我们假定这消息是真的。

S-your father saw you now, what would you say？

假设你父亲现在看到了你, 你该怎么说？

Creation supposes a creator.

创造必须先有创造者。

I should suppose him to be about twenty.

我猜他是二十岁左右。

S-we go for a walk.

我们去散散步吧。

【习惯用语】.

be supposed to (do) 被期望或要求; 应该 (用于否定句中)不被许可 据说

Let it be supposed that 假定...

suppose that 假定

supposing that 假定
 

【词性变化】word-activity

conj.

如果

Suppose he can't come, who will do the work?

如果他不能前来, 谁来做这项工作呢?

【背句子记单词】

We are not so naive as they suppose.

我们并不象他们想的那样天真。

I suppose it depends on your point of view.

我想这要看你的观点了。