词汇精选：supposition的用法和辨析

一、词义辨析：

hypothesis,assumption,presumption,supposition

这些名词均有“假设，假想”之意。hypothesis书面用词，指有待作进一步检验或证实的假设。assumption侧重主观推测或主观设想。presumption着重指以可能性为依据的假设。supposition可与assumption换用，还可表某种试探性的主观看法或建议。

二、参考例句：

We must not condemn her on pure supposition.

我们不能单凭臆测而谴责她。

She was charged on the supposition that she had colluded with her husband in the murders.

她被指控涉嫌与丈夫合谋杀人。