A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
假定
Presume
I don't presume to think I'm great at anything.
我并不认为自己擅长任何事情。
I wouldn't ever presume to say that I am a comic book fan.
我从来不敢说我是一个漫画迷。
Well I was much too practical to presume to have a career in comedy.
我太实际了,不敢贸然从事喜剧事业。
Maybe it's a little ambitious of me to presume that no matter how big the film is, that I can always go down to the shop to buy a pint of milk.
也许我有点野心勃勃地认为,不管电影有多大,我总是可以去商店买一品脱牛奶。
As we had no part of our will on our entrance into this life, we should not presume to any on our leaving it, but soberly learn to will which He wills.
因为我们在进入这生活时没有任何意愿,所以我们在离开这生活时也不应该假定任何意愿,而应该清醒地学习他的意愿。
Everyone's entitled to express their political beliefs. I don't presume to tell anybody who to vote for. I am comfortable telling people what my opinions are.
每个人都有权表达自己的政治信仰。我不敢告诉任何人该投谁的票。我很乐意告诉别人我的观点。
Electricity is of two kinds, positive and negative. The difference is, I presume, that one comes a little more expensive, but is more durable; the other is a cheaper thing, but the moths get into it.
电有两种,正电和负电。我想,不同之处在于,一辆车会贵一点,但更耐用;另一种是更便宜的东西,但是飞蛾会进去。
For the sake of argument and illustration I will presume that certain articles of ordinary diet, however beneficial in youth, are prejudicial in advanced life, like beans to a horse, whose common ordinary food is hay and corn.
为了论证和说明,我假定某些日常饮食习惯,无论在青年时期多么有益,在老年时期却有害无益,就像豆子对马一样,马的日常饮食就是干草和玉米。