suppose

英 [sə'pəʊz] 美[sə'poz]

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第三人称单数: supposes;过去式: supposed;过去分词: supposed;现在分词: supposing;

1. sup- "under" + pos- + -e.
2. 字面含义：put or place under.
3. => assume as the basis of argument. => admit as possible, to believe to be true.

suppose 认为，假设，推测，猜测

sup-,在下，-pos,放置，词源同 position,propose.引申词义认为，假设等。

suppose: suppose: [14] Latin suppōnere meant literally ‘put under’ (it was a compound verb formed from the prefix sub- ‘under’ and pōnere ‘put, place’, source of English position, and its original meaning is best preserved in English suppository [14], literally ‘something placed underneath’). From it was derived the noun suppositiō, which, on the analogy of Greek hupóthesis (source of English hypothesis [16], and itself made up of elements meaning literally ‘under’ and ‘put’), came to be used for an ‘assumption’ – English gets supposition [15] from it.

This meaning then fed back into the verb, which English acquired via Old French supposer.
=> position, suppository
suppose (v.): early 14c., "to assume as the basis of argument," from Old French suposer "to assume" (13c.), probably a replacement (influenced by Old French poser "put, place") of *suppondre, from Latin supponere "put or place under; to subordinate, make subject," from sub "under" (see sub-) + ponere "put, place" (past participle positus; see position (n.)). Meaning "to admit as possible, to believe to be true" is from 1520s.

1. I get a bit uptight these days. Hormones, I suppose.: 这些天我有点焦躁。我看是荷尔蒙在作怪。

4. There's nothing to keep us here, is there? — I suppose not.: 这里没有什么让我们留恋的，对吧？——我想没有。