assumption

noun

1. the act of taking possession of or power over something

e.g. 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: laying claim

2. the act of assuming or taking for granted

e.g. your assumption that I would agree was unwarranted

3. audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to

e.g. he despised them for their presumptuousness

Synonym: presumptionpresumptuousnesseffrontery

4. a hypothesis that is taken for granted

e.g. any society is built upon certain assumptions

Synonym: suppositionsupposal

5. a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn

e.g. on the assumption that he has been injured we can infer that he will not to play

Synonym: premisepremiss

1. 假定;假设;臆断
If you make an assumption that something is true or will happen, you accept that it is true or will happen, often without any real proof.

e.g. They have taken a wrong turning in their assumption that all men and women think alike...
他们错误地设想所有男女均见解一致。
e.g. Dr Subroto questioned the scientific assumption on which the global warming theory is based...
苏布罗托博士质疑全球变暖理论所依据的科学假设。

2. （权力的）取得；（责任的）承担
Someone's assumption of power or responsibility is their taking of it.

e.g. The government have retained the support which greeted their assumption of power last March.
自从在刚过去的三月掌权以来，政府的支持率依旧未减。

1. 设想：针对这些事件,率先发言的英兰妮(丹戎巴葛集选区议员)指出,它们的共同点是执法人员以安全机制不会出差错的设想(assumption)为依据,以及判断和反应迟钝,延误补救工作,一再珠铸错.