hypothesis
英 [ha?'p?θ?s?s]
美[ha?'pɑθ?s?s]
- n. 假设
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复数:?hypotheses;
中文词源
hypothesis 假说，假设
hypo-,在下，-thes,放置，词源同thesis,theme,do. 即放在下面的，引申词义假说，假设。
英文词源
- hypothesis (n.)
- 1590s, from Middle French hypothese and directly from Late Latin hypothesis, from Greek hypothesis "base, basis of an argument, supposition," literally "a placing under," from hypo- "under" (see sub-) + thesis "a placing, proposition" (see thesis). A term in logic; narrower scientific sense is from 1640s.
双语例句
- 1. The results confirmed his hypothesis on the use of modal verbs.
- 结果证实了他的关于情态动词用法的假设.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. Her study is based on the hypothesis that language simplification is possible.
- 她的研究基于语言可以简化这样一个假说.
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- 3. We have proved the hypothesis.
- 我们已经证明了这种假设.
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- 4. Her hypothesis concerns the role of electromagnetic radiation.
- 她的假说涉及到电磁辐射的作用.
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- 5. The new discoveries have falsified that hypothesis.
- 新的发现已证明那个假定是无根据的.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》