ADJECTIVE | ... OF ASSUMPTIONS | VERB + ASSUMPTION | ASSUMPTION + VERB | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤basic, fundamental, key基本的/根本的/關鍵的假設▸➤hidden, implicit, tacit, underlying, unspoken隱藏的/含蓄的/暗含的/潛在的/未言明的假設◇There is an underlying assumption that the unemployed are reluctant to work.人們都下意識地認為失業的人不願意工作。➤common, commonly held, conventional, general, shared, widely held, widespread一般的/共有的/常規的/普遍的/共同的/很多人持有的/廣泛流傳的假設◇shared assumptions between teachers and parents老師和家長共同的設想➤correct, reasonable, safe, valid正確的設想;合理的假設;有把握的假設;有根據的設想▸➤erroneous, false, flawed, incorrect, mistaken, questionable, wrong錯誤的假設;有缺陷的假設;不正確的設想;靠不住的假設▸➤cultural文化設想... OF ASSUMPTIONS➤number, series, set若干/一系列/一套假設◇Your argument is based on a set of questionable assumptions.你的論證建立在一套有問題的假設上。VERB + ASSUMPTION➤make作出臆斷◇She's always making assumptions about how much money people have.她總在猜人們有多少錢。➤base sth on, start from, work on, work under把⋯建立在假設的基礎上;從假設開始;根據臆斷辦事;在臆斷指導下辦事◇We are working on the assumption that the techniques are safe.我們是在假定這些技術安全可靠的前提下工作的。➤accept接受假設▸➤challenge, question, test質疑假設;就假設提出疑問;驗證假設▸➤support支持假設◇Lots of evidence supports this assumption.許多證據支持該假設。ASSUMPTION + VERB➤underlie sth, underpin sth假設構成⋯的基礎◇the assumptions underlying their beliefs構成他們信仰的基礎的種種假設PREPOSITION➤on the assumption that根據⋯的假定◇I set the table for eight people, on the assumption that Jo would come.我假定喬也會來,所以準備了 8 個人的餐具。➤assumption about有關⋯的假設◇assumptions about how women should behave關於女性應如何行事的種種假設