heroic assumption

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An assumption that the speaker considers very unlikely to be true but temporarily accepts in order to make a hypothetical argument.
    — Even if we make the heroic assumption that the governor makes this his top priority, it isn't feasible to have new regulation in effect in six months.

词形变化

heroic assumptions plural
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