詞彙精選：assume的用法和辨析

一、詳細釋義：

v.

假定；臆斷 [T]

例句：

You assume his innocence before hearing the evidence against him.

在未聽到對他不利的證言之前，你假定他是無罪的。

例句：

I assume that it is so.

我假定它是這樣。

例句：

Let's [assume] it to be true.

讓我們假設這是真的。

採取 [T]

例句：

The response is to assume a supercilious pose to hide a lack of confidence.

其反應是故意採取傲慢的姿態來掩飾自身缺乏自信。

例句：

The statuses we assume often vary with the people we encounter.

我們採取的身份是隨着接觸人的不同而改變。

承擔 [T]

例句：

In case of bilateral breach, the parties shall assume their respective liabilities accordingly.

當事人雙方都違反合同的，應當各自承擔相應的責任。

例句：

She demands that he assume the responsibility.

她要求他承擔責任。

呈現；具有 [T]

例句：

The stones began to grow soft and to assume shape.

這些石頭開始變軟，呈現形狀。

例句：

We could assume numerous forms.

我們能呈現出多種的外形。

奪取，繼承 [T]

例句：

Germany has long been braced for the much faster-growing chinese economy to assume its world export champion title.

對於增長更快的中國經濟奪取其全球出口冠軍稱號，德國早就有了心理準備。

例句：

It signifies that this young person is eligible to assume the crown.

它表明我們的這位年輕人符合了繼承王位的條件。

裝腔作勢 [I]

例句：

They who assume a character that doesn't belong to them generally betray themselves by overacting it.

裝腔作勢、過分賣弄的人，總是要露原形的。

例句：

People assume I’m judging them, just because I do things differently.

人們裝腔作勢地說我對他們的行爲挑三揀四，而這僅僅是因爲我的行爲方式與衆不同。

二、詞義辨析：

assume,presume,suppose,guess,postulate

這些動詞均含爲“假設，猜想，推測”之意。assume指有很少或完全無根據的武斷推測或不合邏輯的推理。presume側重以過去經驗或根據現實的某些感覺把某事認定爲是事實。suppose常用詞，意義較廣泛，指缺乏確切事實，根據一些現象進行的推測，也可指爲論證而提出合乎邏輯推理的某種假定，有時僅表示自己的意見。 guess常用詞，指毫無根據僅憑個人主觀臆斷或碰運氣的猜測。postulate指爲證實一個理論的正確性而進行的假設。

三、參考例句：

We could assume numerous forms.

我們能呈現出多種的外形。

Assume the best in others.

從他人身上看到優點。

Don't assume bad intentions.

不要用惡意揣測別人

Let's assume it to be true.

讓我們假設這是真的。

I assume that it is so.

我假定它是這樣。

She demands that he assume the responsibility.

她要求他承擔責任。

You will assume your new duties tomorrow.

明天你將開始執行新的任務。

Don't assume empty seats are available.

別猜想可以使用空位置。

Never assume malice when stupidity will suffice.

“當你做了蠢事的時候，不要怨恨。

He had to assume the responsibility of educating his children.

他必須承擔起教育孩子的責任。