- 假使，假定：
Supposing he isn't out, how can I do then?
假定他没出去，我该怎么办呢?
Let's first suppose the second defense line has been destroyed.
我们先来假定这第二条防线已被摧毁。
- [用于祈使句]让：
Suppose we wait until tomorrow.
咱们就等到明天吧。
Suppose I tell you.
我来告诉你吧。
- 猜想，推测：
I suppose he'll come back now.
我想他这会儿该回来了。
You can't suppose whom I met in the street.
你准猜不着我在大街上看见谁啦。
- 认为，以为：
What do you suppose I will do?
你认为我会做什么?
- 意味着；说明(或证明)…的事实(或情况)：
The number of the cars supposes that the city traffic would get busier and busier.
这些汽车的数量意味着该市的交通会越来越拥挤。
That doesn't suppose you were absent at the scene of the crime.
那并不能说明你不在犯罪现场。
- 假定…的存在；需要…的存在为先决条件：
First, we have to suppose that she was out to make money.
首先，我们得假定她抛头露面是为了赚钱。
- [用于被动语态]认为应该，认为必须；认为…必要；[口语]认为可以：
I'm not supposed to be at the party.
我不该在聚会上露面。
The motorbike is supposed to make annoying noise.
摩托车当然会发出令人感到烦恼的噪音。