词汇精选:hypothesis的用法和辨析
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。