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[正式]

There's so little to go on, we can only surmise what happened. 幾乎沒有什麼可繼續(xù)進行的，我們衹能猜測發(fā)生過的事。

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[正式]

It is mere surmise that Bosch had Brant's poem in mind when doing this painting. 博斯畫這幅畫時頭腦裡想著勃朗特的詩，這衹是猜測而已。