名詞 hypothesis:

1. a proposal intended to explain certain facts or observations
2. a tentative theory about the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena
   同義詞：possibility, theory
3. a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
   同義詞：guess, conjecture, supposition, surmise, surmisal, speculation

1. Science continued to throw up discoveries which further backed up his hypothesis.
   科學不斷地提供新的發(fā)現(xiàn)，從而進一步證實了他的假設。
2. Several conclusions flow from this hypothesis.
   從這項假設中可以得出幾個結論。
3. All these fact have borne out the hypothesis.
   所有這些事實證明了假設的正確性。

hy.poth.e.sis

n.（名詞）
【復數(shù)】 hy.poth.e.ses[-sôz.] 縮寫 hyp.,hypoth.
A tentative explanation that accounts for a set of facts and can be tested by further investigation; a theory.
前提：對一系列事實進行說明的暫時解釋，它能被進一步的調查檢驗；一個理論
Something taken to be true for the purpose of argument or investigation; an assumption.
假設：為了爭論或調查而被認為是真實的事物；一個假想
The antecedent of a conditional statement.
一個條件句前提

來源：
Latin [subject for a speech]
拉丁語 [用于講話]
from Greek hupothesis [proposal, supposition]
源自 希臘語 hupothesis [假設，設想]
from hupotithenai [to suppose]
源自 hupotithenai [假設]
hupo- [hypo-]
hupo- [前綴，.在…之下.]
tithenai [to place] * see dhô-
tithenai [放置] *參見 dhô-