詞彙精選:hypothesis的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義:
n.
假説,假設 [C]
例句:
The hypothesis promptly attracted some interest.
這個假説很快引起了注意。
例句:
The validity of the hypothesis can be tested.
這種假説的可靠性是經得起考驗的。
(憑空的)猜想,猜測 [U]
例句:
All this is mere hypothesis.
所有的一切都僅僅是猜測。
例句:
The survey result consisted with our hypothesis.
調查結果和我們的猜測相一致。
二、詞義辨析:
hypothesis,assumption,presumption,supposition
這些名詞均有“假設,假想”之意。hypothesis書面用詞,指有待作進一步檢驗或證實的假設。assumption側重主觀推測或主觀設想。presumption着重指以可能性為依據的假設。supposition可與assumption換用,還可表某種試探性的主觀看法或建議。
三、相關短語:
nebular hypothesis
n.[天]星雲假説
planetesimal hypothesis
微星假説,星子假説,行星塵假説
四、參考例句:
Recent theological hypothesis was suspect.
最近的那個神學假設是可疑的。
The hypothesis promptly attracted some interest.
這個假説很快引起了注意。
His new hypothesis is considered probable.
他作出的新假設被認為是有充分根據的。
It is merely a hypothesis; so far.
到目前為止,這僅僅是一種假設。
His hypothesis turned out to be correct.
事實證明他的假設是正確的。
The mathematical formulation of this hypothesis is a persuasive one.
這一假設的數學形式是很誘人的。
The validity of the hypothesis can be tested.
這種假説的可靠性是經得起考驗的。
Many lines of evidence make this hypothesis unlikely.
許多跡象表明,這種假設是靠不住的。
The hypothesis still lacks vital data to make it a theory.
這個假設依然缺少使之成為理論的極其重要的數據。
Science continued to throw up discoveries which further backed up his hypothesis.
科學不斷地提供新的發現,從而進一步證實了他的假設。