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(xué)不斷地提供新的發(fā)現(xiàn)，從而進(jìn)一步證實(shí)了他的假設(shè)。
2. Several conclusions flow from this hypothesis.
   從這項(xiàng)假設(shè)中可以得出幾個(gè)結(jié)論。
3. All these fact have borne out the hypothesis.
   所有這些事實(shí)證明了假設(shè)的正確性。

hy.poth.e.sis

n.（名詞）
【復(fù)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(duì)一系列事實(shí)進(jìn)行說(shuō)明的暫時(shí)解釋，它能被進(jìn)一步的調(diào)查檢驗(yàn)；一個(gè)理論
Something taken to be true for the purpose of argument or investigation; an assumption.
假設(shè)：為了爭(zhēng)論或調(diào)查而被認(rèn)為是真實(shí)的事物；一個(gè)假想
The antecedent of a conditional statement.
一個(gè)條件句前提

來(lái)源：
Latin [subject for a speech]
拉丁語(yǔ) [用于講話]
from Greek hupothesis [proposal, supposition]
源自 希臘語(yǔ) hupothesis [假設(shè)，設(shè)想]
from hupotithenai [to suppose]
源自 hupotithenai [假設(shè)]
hupo- [hypo-]
hupo- [前綴，.在…之下.]
tithenai [to place] * see dhô-
tithenai [放置] *參見 dhô-