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assumption 音标拼音: [əs'ʌmpʃən] n. 假定,假设,认为;采取;呈现 假定,假设,认为;采取;呈现 assumption假设 assumption n 1: a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn; " on the assumption that he has been injured we can infer that he will not to play" [ synonym: { premise}, { premiss}, { assumption}] 2: a hypothesis that is taken for granted; " any society is built upon certain assumptions" [ synonym: { assumption}, { supposition}, { supposal}] 3: the act of taking possession of or power over something; " his assumption of office coincided with the trouble in Cuba"; " the Nazi assumption of power in 1934"; " he acquired all the company' s assets for ten million dollars and the assumption of the company' s debts" [ synonym: { assumption}, { laying claim}] 4: celebration in the Roman Catholic Church of the Virgin Mary' s being taken up into heaven when her earthly life ended; corresponds to the Dormition in the Eastern Orthodox Church [ synonym: { Assumption}, { Assumption of Mary}, { August 15}] 5: ( Christianity) the taking up of the body and soul of the Virgin Mary when her earthly life had ended 6: audacious ( even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to; " he despised them for their presumptuousness" [ synonym: { presumption}, { presumptuousness}, { effrontery}, { assumption}] 7: the act of assuming or taking for granted; " your assumption that I would agree was unwarranted" Assumption \ As* sump" tion\ (?; 215), n. [ OE. assumpcioun a taking up into heaven, L. assumptio a taking, fr. assumere: cf. F. assomption. See { Assume}.] 1. The act of assuming, or taking to or upon one' s self; the act of taking up or adopting. [ 1913 Webster] The assumption of authority. -- Whewell. [ 1913 Webster] 2. The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; supposition; unwarrantable claim. [ 1913 Webster] This gives no sanction to the unwarrantable assumption that the soul sleeps from the period of death to the resurrection of the body. -- Thodey. [ 1913 Webster] That calm assumption of the virtues. -- W. Black. [ 1913 Webster] 3. The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition. [ 1913 Webster] Hold! says the Stoic; your assumption' s wrong. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] 4. ( Logic) The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism. [ 1913 Webster] 5. The taking of a person up into heaven. Hence: ( Rom. Cath. & Greek Churches) A festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven. 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