assumption

柯林斯詞典

1. N-COUNT If you make an assumption that something is true or will happen, you accept that it is true or will happen, often without any real proof. 假設(shè)
You would be making an assumption that's not based on any fact that you could report. 你會(huì)做出不以你能報(bào)道的任何事實(shí)為依據(jù)的一種假設(shè)。

They make the naive assumption that because it's popular it must be good.
The sales forecast is predicated on the assumption that the economy will grow by four percent this year .
There's an unspoken assumption in the department that Sue will take over the post when Ian leaves .
He premised his argument on several incorrect assumptions.
The assumptions made about the economy's rate of growth proved to be incorrect .