surmise

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

There's so little to go on, we can only surmise what happened. 幾乎沒(méi)有什么可繼續(xù)進(jìn)行的，我們只能猜測(cè)發(fā)生過(guò)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. 猜測(cè)[正式]

It is mere surmise that Bosch had Brant's poem in mind when doing this painting. 博斯畫(huà)這幅畫(huà)時(shí)頭腦里想著勃朗特的詩(shī)，這只是猜測(cè)而已。