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单词 presumptive
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Definition of presumptive in English:

presumptive

adjective prɪˈzʌm(p)tɪvprəˈzəm(p)tɪv
  • 1Of the nature of a presumption; presumed in the absence of further information.

    a presumptive diagnosis
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The angulated and rhomboidal shape in addition to the striated surface of the sporangiospores allowed the presumptive identification of the etiologic agent as Rhizopus species.
    • If no answer had been provided immediately, presumptive broad-spectrum therapy may have been continued until a result was returned.
    • Esophagram and manometry confirmed the presumptive diagnosis of achalasia.
    • If physicians have not concurrently screened for chlamydial infection, the CDC recommends presumptive treatment for chlamydia at the time of treatment for gonorrhea.
    • This is presumptive evidence of chronic hemolysis if the reticulocytosis is sustained.
    • If the patient has a beta-hCG of > 6000 mIU / ml and there is no intrauterine gestational sac seen, it is presumptive evidence of an ectopic pregnancy.
    • She was admitted to the intensive care unit with the presumptive diagnosis of septic shock.
    • Many physicians make a presumptive diagnosis of allergic rhinitis based on the medical history.
    • Using commonly recognized test end points, a presumptive diagnosis was made in 57 patients.
    • A second diagnostic indication involves the injection of a local anesthetic to confirm the presumptive diagnosis through symptom relief of the affected body part.
    • Therefore, Immunocomb can only be used as a presumptive test; confirmatory diagnosis must include combination of tests, rather than deriving inference on the basis of single test results.
    • They were transferred to our neonatal intensive care unit with a presumptive diagnosis of perinatal asphyxia.
    • Some 50% of antibiotic prescription in the community is for presumptive respiratory tract infection.
    • The presumptive diagnosis is made based on history and physical examination, but further evaluation is needed.
    • This method provides a presumptive indication of Brucella growth at least four days earlier than the conventional identification method.
    • He was discharged the following afternoon with a presumptive diagnosis of vasovagal syncope, perhaps related to defecation.
    • However, its value in confirming a diagnosis of presumptive endometriosis has not been extensively studied.
    Synonyms
    conjectural, speculative, tentative, suppositional, notional, hypothetical
    theoretical, academic, unproven, unconfirmed
    1. 1.1Law Giving grounds for the inference of a fact or of the appropriate interpretation of the law.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The Freedom of Information Act set the ground rules for, and establishes a presumptive right of, access to unpublished records of executive agencies by any person, regardless of citizenship.
      • In Accounting Research Bulletin No.9 it was stated that any expenditure which is properly applicable to the future is presumptive grounds for carrying the balance forward.
      • Thus, engaging in the lawful activities of a group designated as a ‘terrorist organization’ by the Attorney General could be presumptive grounds for expatriation.
  • 2

    another term for presumptuous
    Example sentencesExamples
    • As a mere associate member, now forced to work outside physics, perhaps it is presumptive of me to attempt to discuss these problems.

Derivatives

  • presumptively

  • adverb prɪˈzʌm(p)tɪvliprəˈzəm(p)tɪvli
    • The validity of these quotas is taken for granted, even though longstanding constitutional doctrine treats discrimination among citizens on the basis of national origin as presumptively invalid.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • In sharp contrast, in the U.S., the power to make domestic relations law is at least presumptively reserved to the states.
      • The judgment of many, down through time, confers authority, even legitimacy - at least presumptively - on the lessons of tradition.
      • When a Pennsylvania appellate panel declared that juvenile court hearings are presumptively open, it was a victory not just for us in the Keystone state but also for the press and public nationwide.
      • However, other state courts have held that most phases of a criminal case should be presumptively open, making exceptions only for grand jury proceedings, which, by long tradition have been secret.
      • Parents are presumptively entitled to exercise complete discretion over the care, custody, and control of their children.
      • Thus, it fails to see gender power, where being male means being presumptively free from male violence and being female means being presumptively subject to male violence.
      • Delays of slightly over three years at a single jurisdictional level also have been held to be presumptively unreasonable.
      • To give up one's ‘virtue’ to a man who was unwilling to pay with his hand in marriage was foolish and presumptively a product of youthful, poor judgment.
      • Some states, such as Massachusetts, go even further, making all gun possession presumptively illegal, except for persons with special licenses.
      • Whilst it is a presumptively child centred jurisdiction, it is not straightforwardly so.
      • If it is found to be patentable, the owner of the design patent is granted a 14-year right of exclusivity that is presumptively valid in court.
      • When you are labeled by the attorney general as a person of interest, presumptively responsible persons seem to lose all inhibitions in referring to you.
      • Letters of credit are typically, and presumptively, irrevocable.
      • So a stay that would last indefinitely would be presumptively prejudicial to the plaintiff.
      • Yet, neither a confession offered to a priest, nor a highly intimate disclosure offered to a therapist, is presumptively protected by privilege.
      • The remaining 7 were presumptively protected by the common law.
      • Under the First Amendment, speakers - including major media - are presumptively free of content regulation.
      • This is a self-dealing transaction, which would be presumptively illegal if professors owed a fiduciary duty to students.
      • The point is to enable personal decision making, rather than to serve some systemic value through the presumptively beneficial choices that free individuals would make.

Origin

Late Middle English: from French présomptif, -ive, from late Latin praesumptivus, from praesumpt- 'taken before', from the verb praesumere (see presume).

 
 

Definition of presumptive in US English:

presumptive

adjectiveprəˈzəm(p)tɪvprəˈzəm(p)tiv
  • 1Of the nature of a presumption; presumed in the absence of further information.

    a presumptive diagnosis
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Some 50% of antibiotic prescription in the community is for presumptive respiratory tract infection.
    • A second diagnostic indication involves the injection of a local anesthetic to confirm the presumptive diagnosis through symptom relief of the affected body part.
    • The angulated and rhomboidal shape in addition to the striated surface of the sporangiospores allowed the presumptive identification of the etiologic agent as Rhizopus species.
    • Using commonly recognized test end points, a presumptive diagnosis was made in 57 patients.
    • If physicians have not concurrently screened for chlamydial infection, the CDC recommends presumptive treatment for chlamydia at the time of treatment for gonorrhea.
    • This is presumptive evidence of chronic hemolysis if the reticulocytosis is sustained.
    • Therefore, Immunocomb can only be used as a presumptive test; confirmatory diagnosis must include combination of tests, rather than deriving inference on the basis of single test results.
    • The presumptive diagnosis is made based on history and physical examination, but further evaluation is needed.
    • However, its value in confirming a diagnosis of presumptive endometriosis has not been extensively studied.
    • If no answer had been provided immediately, presumptive broad-spectrum therapy may have been continued until a result was returned.
    • Esophagram and manometry confirmed the presumptive diagnosis of achalasia.
    • He was discharged the following afternoon with a presumptive diagnosis of vasovagal syncope, perhaps related to defecation.
    • This method provides a presumptive indication of Brucella growth at least four days earlier than the conventional identification method.
    • She was admitted to the intensive care unit with the presumptive diagnosis of septic shock.
    • If the patient has a beta-hCG of > 6000 mIU / ml and there is no intrauterine gestational sac seen, it is presumptive evidence of an ectopic pregnancy.
    • They were transferred to our neonatal intensive care unit with a presumptive diagnosis of perinatal asphyxia.
    • Many physicians make a presumptive diagnosis of allergic rhinitis based on the medical history.
    Synonyms
    conjectural, speculative, tentative, suppositional, notional, hypothetical
    1. 1.1Law Giving grounds for the inference of a fact or of the appropriate interpretation of the law.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • In Accounting Research Bulletin No.9 it was stated that any expenditure which is properly applicable to the future is presumptive grounds for carrying the balance forward.
      • The Freedom of Information Act set the ground rules for, and establishes a presumptive right of, access to unpublished records of executive agencies by any person, regardless of citizenship.
      • Thus, engaging in the lawful activities of a group designated as a ‘terrorist organization’ by the Attorney General could be presumptive grounds for expatriation.
    2. 1.2
      another term for presumptuous
      Example sentencesExamples
      • As a mere associate member, now forced to work outside physics, perhaps it is presumptive of me to attempt to discuss these problems.

Origin

Late Middle English: from French présomptif, -ive, from late Latin praesumptivus, from praesumpt- ‘taken before’, from the verb praesumere (see presume).

 
 
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