| 单词 | presumptive |
| 释义 | presumptive (once / 6751 pages) adj Having a good reason to believe that something is true means that it is presumptive — you could call a person you assume will be nominated for school president the "presumptive nominee." After an election, when the votes are still being counted but it's clear who the winner will be, reporters often talk about that person as the presumptive winner. And if a doctor were fairly certain you had strep throat, she might call it her presumptive diagnosis. The Latin root word is praesumptionem, which means "confidence or audacity." WORD FAMILYpresumptive: presumptively+/presumable: presumably/presume: presumable, presumed, presumes, presuming, presumption, presumptive/presumption: presumptions, presumptuous/presumptuous: presumptuously, presumptuousness USAGE EXAMPLESMay 6: Democratic National Committee, in a public statement following news that Mr. Trump was the presumptive Republican nominee. Washington Times(Dec 29, 2016) Miller joined after Trump became the presumptive nominee. Washington Times(Dec 22, 2016) “If the presumptive parent, in this case the non-biological mother, had been a man, they never would have gone after the sperm donor,” Baylor said. Seattle Times(Nov 29, 2016) 1adj having a reasonable basis for belief or acceptance the presumptive heir (or heir apparent) Syn likely, probable likely but not certain to be or become true or real 2adj affording reasonable grounds for belief or acceptance presumptive evidence a strong presumptive case is made out Syn believable, credible capable of being believed |
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