pre‧sume S3 AC / prɪzjum $ -zum / 动词

1 [及物动词] to think that something is true, although you are not certain 同义词 assume :

Each of you will make a speech, I presume?

‘Are his parents still alive?’ ’ I presume so .’

presume that

I presume we’ll be there by six o’clock.

presume somebody/something to be somebody/something

From the way he talked, I presumed him to be your boss.

be presumed to do something

The temple is presumed to date from the first century BC.

2 [及物动词] to accept something as true until it is shown to not be true, especially in law 同义词 assume :

We must presume innocence until we have evidence of guilt.

be presumed dead/innocent etc

Their nephew was missing, presumed dead.

3 [不及物动词] formal to behave without respect or politeness by doing something that you have no right to do

presume to do something

I would never presume to tell you what to do.

4 [ transitive usually in present tense ] formal to accept something as being true and base something else on it 同义词 presuppose :

The Ancient History course presumes some knowledge of Greek.

presume that

I presume that someone will be there to meet us when we arrive.

5 presume on/upon sb’s friendship/generosity etc to unfairly ask someone for more than you should, because they are your friend, are generous etc :

It would be presuming on his generosity to ask him for money.