hypothecate

英 [haɪ'pɒθɪkeɪt] 美 [haɪ'pɒθəˌkeɪt]

• vt. 假定；假设
• =hypothesize.
• vt. 抵押；担保

英英释义

Verb:

1. pledge without delivery or title of possession

2. to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds;

   "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"
   

例句

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. A landowner who already holds land subject to a mortgage may wish to hypothecate his equity.
   已经拥有被按揭抵押土地的所有人可能会希望抵押他的衡平法权益。

近反义词

【近义词】

• hypothesise 假设
• speculate 推测
• theorize 推理
• theorise 建立理论
• conjecture 推测
• hypothesize 假设
• suppose 假设