conjecture

2 ENTRIES FOUND:

¹ conjecture /kənˈʤɛktʃɚ/ noun

plural conjectures

¹ conjecture

/kənˈʤɛktʃɚ/

noun

plural conjectures

Learner's definition of CONJECTURE

formal

: an opinion or idea formed without proof or sufficient evidence : guess推测；猜测；猜想

[count]

The biography includes conjectures about the writer's earliest ambitions.这部传记包含对作者早年抱负的猜测。
a conjecture about the extent of the injury对伤势的推测

[noncount]

Your plan is based on (nothing more than) conjecture.你的计划（仅仅）建立在推测的基础上。
Most of the book is conjecture, not fact.这本书的大部分内容均属臆测，并非事实。
The criminal's motive remains a matter of conjecture. [=people can only guess about the criminal's motive; no one knows the criminal's motive]这名罪犯的犯罪动机目前只能猜测。

— conjectural

/kənˈʤɛktʃərəl/ adjective [more conjectural; most conjectural]

² conjecture /kənˈʤɛktʃɚ/ verb

conjectures; conjectured; conjecturing

² conjecture

/kənˈʤɛktʃɚ/

verb

conjectures; conjectured; conjecturing

Learner's definition of CONJECTURE

formal

: to form an opinion or idea without proof or sufficient evidence推测；猜测；猜想

[+ object]

Some have conjectured that the distant planet could sustain life.有人推测，那颗遥远的行星也许能够维持生命的存在。

[no object]