surmise /səːˈmaɪz/ ( surmising, surmised, surmises )

• 1. 

  V-T If you surmise that something is true, you guess it from the available evidence, although you do not know for certain. 猜测 [正式]

  例：

  There's so little to go on, we can only surmise what happened.

  几乎没有什么可继续进行的，我们只能猜测发生过的事。

• 2. 

  N-VAR If you say that a particular conclusion is surmise, you mean that it is a guess based on the available evidence and you do not know for certain that it is true. 猜测 [正式]

  例：

  It is mere surmise that Bosch had Brant's poem in mind when doing this painting.

  博斯画这幅画时头脑里想着勃朗特的诗，这只是猜测而已。