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assuming 音标拼音: [əs'umɪŋ] a. 傲慢的,僭越的,不逊的 傲慢的,僭越的,不逊的 assuming adj 1: excessively forward; "an assumptive person"; "on a subject like this it would be too assuming for me to decide"; "the duchess would not put up with presumptuous servants" [synonym: {assumptive}, {assuming}, {presumptuous}] Assume \As*sume"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Assumed}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Assuming}.] [L. assumere; ad sumere to take; sub emere to take, buy: cf. F. assumer. See {Redeem}.] 1. To take to or upon one's self; to take formally and demonstratively; sometimes, to appropriate or take unjustly. [1913 Webster] Trembling they stand while Jove assumes the throne. --Pope. [1913 Webster] The god assumed his native form again. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 2. To take for granted, or without proof; to suppose as a fact; to suppose or take arbitrarily or tentatively. [1913 Webster] The consequences of assumed principles. --Whewell. [1913 Webster] 3. To pretend to possess; to take in appearance. [1913 Webster] Ambition assuming the mask of religion. --Porteus. [1913 Webster] Assume a virtue, if you have it not. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. To receive or adopt. [1913 Webster] The sixth was a young knight of lesser renown and lower rank, assumed into that honorable company. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] Syn: To arrogate; usurp; appropriate. [1913 Webster] Assuming \As*sum"ing\, a. Pretentious; taking much upon one's self; presumptuous. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
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