詞彙精選:guess的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義:
n.
猜測;推測 [C]
例句:
Make a guess at the answer.
猜一下答案。
例句:
As to the author of the book, I will hazard a guess.
關於這本書的作者,我來試猜一下。
v.
猜測,推測 [I,T]
例句:
I can guess what will happen next.
我能推測出接着會發生什麼事。
例句:
We can only guess at the result.
我們只能猜測結果。
猜出,猜着,猜中 [I,T]
例句:
I guessed his thoughts.
我猜着了他的想法。
例句:
To look at her, you'd never guess that she was a university teacher.
從外表判斷,你絕不會猜到她是位大學教師。
想,認為 [I,T]
例句:
I guess you do get wiser as you get older.
我想你年紀越大,真是變得越聰明。
例句:
I guess the boy has been inspired by somebody else.
我猜這個孩子是受別人唆使的。
二、詞義辨析:
assume,presume,suppose,guess,postulate
這些動詞均含為“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為是事實。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,也可指為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指為證實一個理論的正確性而進行的假設。
三、參考例句:
Guess what
結果呢?
I guess not.
我猜不是。
Have a guess.
猜一猜。
Guess! What's that?
猜!那是什麼?
I can guess your age.
我能猜測你的年齡。
I guess that counts too.
我想那很重要。
But guess what It will!
但猜猜會怎樣?會好起來的!
Can you guess the meaning
你能猜出其中的意思嗎?
Guess what I did yesterday.
猜一猜我昨天干什麼了。
Guess who I stumbled across!
猜猜我碰到誰了!