Presumption means nothing more than as stated by Lord Mansfield, the weighing of probabilities, and deciding, by the powers of common sense, on which side the truth is.
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n. 推测,设想;放肆,傲慢;<律>推定;
💡 pre预先+sumpt拿取+ion表名词 → 假定;专横
"The presumption is that he had lost his way."
推想起来,他当时是迷了路.
近义:hubris, immodesty, imperiousness, insolence, insolency, jactitation
反义:humbleness, lowliness, meekness
n. 感觉,官能;意识,观念;理性;识别力;
vt. 感到;理解,领会;检测出;
💡 sens(feel)+e(名词后缀)→感官;知觉;意义;判断力;感知
"I can't abide people with no sense of humour."
我讨厌和没有幽默感的人打交道。
近义:intuit, perceive, feel, apprehend, note, notice
n. 真理;真相,事实;忠实,忠诚;现实,现实性;
💡 tru相信,真实+th抽象名词 →事实,真理
"He adjured them to tell the truth."
他要求他们讲真话。
近义:honesty, reality, reliability, sooth, substantiality, truthfulness
反义:hypocrisy, imposture, meretriciousness, phoniness, spuriousness, truthlessness
n. 方法( mean的名词复数);手段;收入;财富;
v. 意味着( mean的第三人称单数);引起;打算或注定要某人成为或做某事;
"The inquiry is by no means cut and dried."
调查之事远未盖棺定论。
近义:approach, manner, method, mode, process, strategy
n. 主;领主;上帝;(英国用以称呼法官、主教或某些男性贵族成员,表示尊敬)大人;
vi. 逞威风;
💡 装载(load)一些肉(r)献给 地主
"We ask this through our Lord, Amen."
奉主之名而求,阿门。
近义:overlord, overrule, domineer, gent, gentleman, blimey
反义:noble, peeress, plebe, commoner
adj. 普通的;通俗的;[数学]公共的;共有的;
n. [法律](对土地、水域的)共有权;公共用地;普通;平民;
💡 共同(com)在月光(mon-moon)下, 共有的
"We have lots of things in common besides music."
除了音乐,我们还有很多共通点。
近义:popular, mundane, ordinary, average, plain, commonplace
反义:irreplaceable, matchless, outstanding, peculiar, single, sole