to formulate/confirm a hypothesis
提出╱证实假设
a hypothesis about the function of dreams
关于梦的作用的假说
It would be pointless to engage in hypothesis before we have the facts.
在我们还没掌握事实之前瞎猜是毫无意义的。
1.假设;假说
2.【逻】前提
1.an idea that attempts to explain something but has not yet been tested or proved to be correct
1.He made a black hole emitting radiation (now called Hawking radiation) is now the prophecy is a generally accepted hypothesis.
他提出黑洞能发射辐射（现在叫霍金辐射）的预言现在已是一个公认的假说。
2.If their hypothesis is correct, Dr Graves believes the incidence of ME in Australia may be reduced by greater public-health measures.
如果他们的假设是正确的，格拉夫博士相信通过更强的公共卫生措施，ME在澳大利亚的影响范围会逐步减小。
3.It's really easy to get attached to a hypothesis of your own.
一般人都太容易执著于自己的理论了。
4.Scientists in our day have largely abandoned the notion of a Creator as an unnecessary hypothesis, or at least an untestable one.
今日的科学家已抛弃造物主的观念，认为这样的假说毫无必要，至少是无法验证的。
5.We also explain why these alternative regulatory levels might have been neglected, and briefly discuss ways to test our hypothesis.
我们还解释了为什么这些替代监管水平有可能被忽略，并简要讨论如何测试我们的假设。
6.This supports the hypothesis that the retinal dopaminergic system may be the main cause for the long duration of negative afterimage.
这支持了假设，即视网膜多巴胺系统可能为负后像时间长的主要原因。
7.Darwin, one of the great plant researchers, proposed what has become known as the "root-brain" hypothesis.
达尔文，伟大的植物研究者之一，提出了如今名为“根大脑”的假说。
8.Freud borrowed the heart of Spinoza's hypothesis when he wrote that creative work was a sublimation of the sexualized energy of the libido.
弗洛伊德借鉴了斯宾诺莎假说的核心，他写道，创造性工作是力比多力量的升华。
9.Hypothesis testing bias: when testing a theory, instead of trying to prove it wrong people tend to look for information that confirms it.
假设验证偏差：当验证一个理论的时候，人们不是努力去证伪，而是倾向于寻找支持它的信息。
10.Our hypothesis was that the various constructs available for posterior cervicothoracic fixation would be mechanically equivalent.
我们假设用于后路颈椎固定的不同的装置在力学方面是等同的。