conjecture

• n. 推测；猜想
• vi. 推测；揣摩
• vt. 推测

con-, 强调。-ject, 扔，投掷，词源同abject, project.

1. a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence);

"speculations about the outcome of the election"

"he dismissed it as mere conjecture"

2. a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence

3. reasoning that involves the formation of conclusions from incomplete evidence

conjecture

conjecture: [14] A conjecture is, etymologically speaking, simply something ‘thrown together’. The word comes, perhaps via Old French, from Latin conjectūra ‘conclusion, interpretation’, a noun derived from the past participle of conicere ‘throw together’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix com- ‘together’ and jacere ‘throw’ (source of English jet, jettison, and jetty). The notion behind the word’s semantic development is that facts are ‘thrown together’ in the mind and (provisional) conclusions drawn.
=> jet, jettison, jetty

conjecture (n.)

late 14c., "interpretation of signs and omens," from Old French conjecture "surmise, guess," or directly from Latin coniectura "conclusion, interpretation, guess, inference," literally "a casting together (of facts, etc.)," from coniectus, past participle of conicere "to throw together," from com- "together" (see com-) + iacere "to throw" (see jet (v.)). Sense of "forming of opinion without proof" is 1530s.

conjecture (v.)

early 15c., from conjecture (n.). In Middle English also with a parallel conjecte (n.), conjecten (v.). Related: Conjectured; conjecturing.

The truth of his conjecture was confirmed by the newspaper report.

新闻报道证明了他的推测果然不假。

牛津词典

What was going through the killer's mind is a matter for conjecture.

凶手作案时心里是怎样想的，这个问题只能由人们去推测了。

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We can only conjecture about what was in the killer's mind.

我们只能猜测当时凶手心里想的是什么。

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He conjectured that the population might double in ten years.

他推测人口在十年后可能会增加一倍。

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She conjectured the existence of a completely new species.

她推测有一个全新物种存在。

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This may be true or partly true; we are all conjecturing here.

这可能属实或者部分属实，我们都是在这儿揣测。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

He conjectured that some individuals may be able to detect major calamities...

他猜测说有些人也许能够察觉重大灾难。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

There are several conjectures...

存在着几种猜测。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

That was a conjecture, not a fact...

那只是猜测，不是事实。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

She felt it no use to conjecture his motives.

她觉得猜想他的动机是没有用的.

辞典例句

Whether or not her husband knew will always be a matter for conjecture.

至于她丈夫知道与否,将永远是个谜.

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How could she so trust her father's conjecture!

她怎么能这么相信她父亲的那些猜测呢?

辞典例句

The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture.

数学家证明了该猜想的有效性.

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This paper introduces and test method with using conjecture design technique for agricultural mechanical products.

本文针对农机产品装配特点,综合现有多种平衡方法,提出了一种装配线平衡计算机辅助设计方法.

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No conjecture can be offered on the subject.

关于这个问题不可臆测.

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It is this conjecture that falls outside the usual formulation of quantum mechanics.

这个猜想的确超出了量子力学的一般概念.

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The rumor raised much conjecture.

谣言引起很多猜测.

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I was right in my conjecture [ guess ] .

我 猜中 了.

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In addition the case for meromorphic function about the Yang's conjecture has also been discussed.

同时,对杨乐猜测的亚纯函数情形也作了讨论.

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He dismissed it as mere conjecture.

他将其当作纯粹的推测而摒弃了.

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After this, on late dinner table many about odd number, prime number and Goldbach's conjecture discussion.

在这以后, 晚餐桌上多了关于奇偶数 、 素数和哥德巴赫猜想的讨论.

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The rumour raised a storm of conjecture.

这谣言引起了一阵猜测.

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It's just as I conjecture.

这正是我所猜测的.

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What made you conjecture that?

是什麽促使你推测出这样的结论?

辞典例句

The result justified Deerslayer's conjecture.

结果证明打鹿将的推测是正确的.

辞典例句

I cannot conjecture what his plans are.

我拿不准他的计划是什么.

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Don't conjecture about the outcome.

不要对结果妄加猜测.

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Gold Bach's conjecture, looking so simple, can not be approved in several hundreds years.

如哥德巴赫猜想, 看看是如此的简单, 可要证明它,却是过了几百年也没有成功.

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