【每日一词】conjecture - n. 臆测，猜测；推测的结果 v. <正式>猜测，推测；（校勘时的）揣摩
1 of 2 noun
1a: inference formed without proof or sufficient evidence
1b: a conclusion deduced by surmise or guesswork
The criminal's motive remains a matter of conjecture.
1c: a proposition (as in mathematics) before it has been proved or disproved
2 obsolete
2a: interpretation of omens
2b: SUPPOSITION
2 of 2 verb
transitive verb
1: to arrive at or deduce by surmise or guesswork : GUESS
scientists conjecturing that a disease is caused by a defective gene
2: to make conjectures as to
conjecture the meaning of a statement
intransitive verb : to form conjectures
conjecturer - noun
短语
Poincaré conjecture: 庞加莱猜想；庞加莱猜想已解决
Hodge conjecture: 霍奇猜想
Jacobian conjecture: 雅可比猜想；Jacobian猜想
Kepler conjecture: 开普勒猜想
geometrization conjecture: 几何化猜想；几何化猜测
Lemoine's conjecture: 勒穆瓦纳猜想
Twin Prime Conjecture: 孪生素数猜想
Goldbach Conjecture: 歌德巴赫猜想；哥德巴赫猜测；哥德巴赫料想
chronology protection conjecture: 时序保护猜想；时序保护假说；时序保护假设
Synonyms
Noun - guess，shot，supposition，surmise
Verb - calculate，estimate，figure，gauge， gage，guess，judge，make，place，put，reckon，suppose
Examples of conjecture in a Sentence
Noun
Whether Columbus brought syphilis to the New World—or to the Old World—has been the subject of conjecture for at least 500 years.
—Carl Zimmer, Science, 11 May 2001
… their voices rose in a chorus of conjecture and alarm, repeating the selfsame remark: "What is she going to do? I mean, is Betty going to faint?"
—Edna O'Brien, New Yorker, 1 Jan. 1990
The reason why the French with superior man-power and American resources were doing so poorly was not beyond all conjecture.
—Barbara W. Tuchman, The March of Folly, 1984
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
There’s some press conjecture that the transaction will relieve Trump’s current cash crunch, which includes the necessity of his posting a bond to cover a roughly $500-million court judgment by Monday to stave off the seizure of some of his properties by New York Atty.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2024
Last week, the palace sparked more conjecture with a Mother’s Day image of the royal with her three children.
—Tiffany Hsu, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2024
