Mark Twain — "Supposing is good, but finding out is better."
quote马克·吐温——“假设虽好，但发现真相更佳。”
Supposing you miss the train, what would you do?
假如你错过了火车，你会怎么做？
假设；假定
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假设；假定
the act of making a supposition
Her supposing that the cake was already gone stopped her from opening the box.
她以为蛋糕已经没了，所以没有打开盒子。
假设的行为
The act of making a supposition.
Careful supposing of the consequences saved them from making a bad decision.
仔细设想后果使他们避免了一个糟糕的决定。
The scientist's supposings were later confirmed by more accurate instruments.
这位科学家的种种假设后来被更精确的仪器证实了。
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马克·吐温——“假设虽好，但发现真相更佳。”
Supposing you miss the train, what would you do?
假如你错过了火车，你会怎么做？
A.A.米尔恩——“假如一棵树倒下来，小熊维尼，我们正好在下面呢？” “假如它没倒呢，”维尼说。
Supposing we leave now, we'll get there on time.
假如我们现在出发，就能准时到达。
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记忆联想：supposing 与 suppose（假设）同形，-ing 表示“动作本身”，看到它就想到“做出假设这个行为”。
语域：formal 常见场景：academic writing、philosophical discourse supposing 作名词时指“假设”或“假定”这一行为，比较书面化，多用于学术或哲学讨论中；日常会话中较少出现。
All six words rhyme with supposing: their stressed syllable is /poʊzɪŋ/, and their shared spelling chunk is -posing. Note that the first syllable of supposing is /sə/, not /suː/. Beware lookalikes such as supping /ˈsʌpɪŋ/, which looks similar but sounds completely different.
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