hypothesis
hypothesis 英 [haɪˈpɒθəsɪs] 美 [haɪˈpɑθəsɪs]
n. 假设
名词复数:hypotheses
- In science, a hypothesis is an idea or explanation that you then test through study and experimentation. Outside science, a theory or guess can also be called a hypothesis.
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- n. 假设
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1. to formulate a hypothesis, to confirm a hypothesis
提出╱证实假设
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2. a hypothesis about the function of dreams
关于梦的作用的假说
- hypothesis (n.) 1590s, "a particular statement;" 1650s, "a proposition, assumed and taken for granted, used as a premise," from Middle French hypothese and directly from Late Latin hypothesis, from Greek hypothesis "base, groundwork, foundation," hence in extended use "basis of an argument, supposition," literally "a placing under," from hypo- "under" (see hypo-) + thesis "a placing, proposition" (from reduplicated form of PIE root *dhe- "to set, put"). A term in logic; narrower scientific sense is from 1640s.
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