v.  假定，假设，认为 ≈  presume 

v.  呈现出，显示出 ≈ take on

• assumption

  n.  假定，假设

  n. 〔控制或权力的〕取得；承担，就任

• assume control/responsibility 

  开始掌管/承担责任

• assume a manner/air/expression   

  假装[装出]…的态度/样子/表情 ≈ put on

• A reasonable assumption – don’t families struggle to avoid nursing homes and suffer real guilt if they can't? 一个合理的假设

• The assumption that they were built with the latest technology. 有关…的假设

• When it got to midnight and Paul was still not back, I began to assume the worst.

  到午夜时保罗还没回来，我就开始往最坏的地方想了。

• Jim Paton will assume the role of managing director. 吉姆·帕顿将出任常务董事一职。

• Andy assumed an air of indifference whenever her name was mentioned.

  每次提到她的名字，安迪都装出无所谓的样子。

• The problem is beginning to assume massive proportions.

  问题开始显出其严重性。

• A lot of people make the assumption that poverty only exists in the Third World.

  许多人以为贫困仅仅存在于第三世界。

• People make a lot of assumptions about me. 人们对我作出种种推测。

BrE /əˈsjuːm/

NAmE /əˈsuːm/