1590s, from Middle French hypothese and directly from Late Latin hypothesis, from Greek hypothesis "base, basis of an argument, supposition," literally "a placing under," from hypo- "under" (see sub-) + thesis "a placing, proposition" (see thesis). A term in logic; narrower scientific sense is from 1640s.
雙語例句
1. The results confirmed his hypothesis on the use of modal verbs.
結果證實了他的關于情態(tài)動詞用法的假設.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
2. Her study is based on the hypothesis that language simplification is possible.
她的研究基于語言可以簡化這樣一個假說.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. We have proved the hypothesis.
我們已經(jīng)證明了這種假設.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. Her hypothesis concerns the role of electromagnetic radiation.
她的假說涉及到電磁輻射的作用.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
5. The new discoveries have falsified that hypothesis.