presumptive
presumptive — 形容詞
- presumptivepositive
- more presumptivecomparative
- most presumptivesuperlative
1. A presumptive fact, situation, or status is one that people accept as correct or
推定的
根據證據推斷為真
A presumptive fact, situation, or status is one that people accept as correct or certain because there is strong evidence pointing to it, even though it has not been fully proved.
The presumptive heir to the throne, Crown Prince Felix, began his public duties this week.
推定王位繼承人 Felix 王子本週開始履行他的官方職責。
presumptive heir — most common collocation
After running tests on 200 patients, doctors gave a presumptive diagnosis of bacterial meningitis.
在對兩百名病患進行檢測後，醫生們給出了細菌性腦膜炎的推定診斷。
presumptive diagnosis — medical context
Stephanie is the presumptive winner of the election, with over sixty percent of votes counted.
Stephanie 是這次選舉的推定勝選者，目前超過六成的選票已開出。
presumptive winner — political context
The letter was treated as presumptive evidence that the company had known about the problem.
這封信被視為推定證據，證明該公司事先已知悉此問題。
- presumptive heir
- presumptive winner
- presumptive diagnosis
- presumptive evidence
文法句型
presumptive + noun
用法筆記
Almost always used before a noun (attributive position), especially with 'heir', 'winner', 'diagnosis', or 'evidence'. Common in legal, medical, and political writing.
常見錯誤
同根字
- presume動詞B2
- presumption名詞B2
- presumably副詞B2
- presumptuous形容詞C1
- presumptively副詞C1