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surmise

verb
🔊/səˈmaɪz/
🔊/sərˈmaɪz/
(formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they surmise
🔊/səˈmaɪz/
🔊/sərˈmaɪz/
he / she / it surmises
🔊/səˈmaɪzɪz/
🔊/sərˈmaɪzɪz/
past simple surmised
🔊/səˈmaɪzd/
🔊/sərˈmaɪzd/
past participle surmised
🔊/səˈmaɪzd/
🔊/sərˈmaɪzd/
-ing form surmising
🔊/səˈmaɪzɪŋ/
🔊/sərˈmaɪzɪŋ/
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  1. to guess or suppose something using the evidence you have, without definitely knowing推测；猜测 synonym conjecture
    • surmise (that)… From the looks on their faces, I surmised that they had had an argument.看他们的脸色，我猜想他们之间发生了争执。🔊🔊
    • surmise what, where, etc… It is difficult to surmise where she might have been staying.很难推测她可能住过的地方。
    • surmise something I can only surmise his reasons for acting as he did.我只能推测他这样做的理由。
    • + speech ‘They must have been here first,’ Julie surmised.朱莉推测道：“他们一定首先来过这里。”
    Extra Examples
    • Both men rightly surmised that he had left the building.两人都正确地推测他已经离开了建筑物。
    • What he had done with the money can only be surmised.他用那笔钱做了什么只能猜测。
    Topics Doubt, guessing and certaintyc2
    Word Originlate Middle English (in the senses ‘formal allegation’ and ‘allege formally’): from Anglo-Norman French and Old French surmise, feminine past participle of surmettre ‘accuse’, from late Latin supermittere ‘put in afterwards’, from super- ‘over’ + mittere ‘send’.

surmise

noun
🔊/ˈsɜːmaɪz/
🔊/ˈsɜːrmaɪz/
 [uncountable, countable, usually singular] (formal)
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  1. a guess based on some facts that you know already推测；猜测
    • This is pure surmise on my part.这纯粹是我的猜测。🔊🔊
    • He was glad to have his surmise confirmed.他很高兴他的猜测得到了证实。
    Topics Doubt, guessing and certaintyc2
    Word Originlate Middle English (in the senses ‘formal allegation’ and ‘allege formally’): from Anglo-Norman French and Old French surmise, feminine past participle of surmettre ‘accuse’, from late Latin supermittere ‘put in afterwards’, from super- ‘over’ + mittere ‘send’.