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假定;假设;设想
A supposition is an idea or statement which someone believes or assumes to be true, although they may have no evidence for it.
例句
There's a popular supposition that we're publicly funded but the bulk of our money comes from competitive contracts...
人们普遍认为我们是受公共基金的资助，然而我们大部分资金是通过签订竞争性合同得来的。
But as with many such suppositions in natural history, no one had ever tested it.
博物学中虽然有许多类似的假设，却从没人对此考证过。