conjecture

• n. 推測(cè)；猜想
• vi. 推測(cè)；揣摩
• vt. 推測(cè)

con-, 強(qiáng)調(diào)。-ject, 扔，投擲，詞源同abject, project.

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.

1. That was a conjecture, not a fact.

那只是猜測(cè)，不是事實(shí)。

來自柯林斯例句

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

新聞報(bào)道證明了他的推測(cè)果然不假。

來自《權(quán)威詞典》

3. She didn't know the facts; what she said was pure conjecture.

她并不知道實(shí)情, 她所說的純屬猜測(cè).

來自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

4. No conjecture can be offered on the subject.

關(guān)于這個(gè)問題不可臆測(cè).

來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

5. I was right in my conjecture [ guess ] .

我 猜中 了.

來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》