assume

/ə'sum/

v 假定；承担；使用

记忆： as + sum(拿， 取) + e → 预先拿取 → 假定， 设想

例句：I think we can safely assume (= it is almost certain ) that interest rates will go up again soon.（我想我们几乎可以肯定，利率很快会再次上调。）；When it got to midnight and Paul was still not back, I began to assume the worst (= think that the worst possible thing had happened ) .（到午夜时保罗还没回来，我就开始往最坏的地方想了。）

派生：assumed；assuming；assumptive；assumedly；assumption

短语：assume responsibility；assume liability；subjective assume

同近：undertake；adopt；accept；shoulder；sustain