hy.poth.e.sis

hypothesis的音标和读音：
DJ音标发音： [haiˈpɔθisis]
KK音标发音： [haɪˈpɑθɪsɪs]

hypothesis的词性：
n.（名词）

1. A tentative explanation that accounts for a set of facts and can be tested by further investigation; a theory.
前提：对一系列事实进行说明的暂时解释，它能被进一步的调查检验；一个理论

2. Something taken to be true for the purpose of argument or investigation; an assumption.
假设：为了争论或调查而被认为是真实的事物；一个假想

3. The antecedent of a conditional statement.
一个条件句前提

hypothesis的词源：

4. Latin [subject for a speech]
拉丁语 [用于讲话]

5. from Greek hupothesis [proposal, supposition]
源自 希腊语 hupothesis [假设，设想]

6. from hupotithenai [to suppose]
源自 hupotithenai [假设]

7. hupo- [hypo-]
hupo- [前缀，“在…之下”]

8. tithenai [to place] * see dh?-
tithenai [放置] *参见 dh?-