Hence, I suppose, comes our slight contempt for men of action--men, we assume, who don't think.

我想，正因如此，我们对实干家总不免稍有一点轻视——我们认为这类人不爱思索。

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Suppose we do assume that the right number of additional workers of each skill is available, and that the new workers do not raise production costs.

我们姑且认为以上假设成立，再假定每项技术工作都有足够多的技术工人可雇佣，假定新雇的工人不增加生产成本。

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Suppose an insurance company agrees to assume the fire risk for 10, 000 similar buildings.

假设某一保险公司同意为1万幢相似的建筑物承担火险。

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The idea behind both proofs of the four colour theorem is to suppose that the theorem is violated to assume, in other words, that there is some sort of map that requires five colours to fill in.

ECONOMIST: Just what does it mean to prove something?