early 15c., from Middle French putatif, from Late Latin putativus "supposed," from Latin putat-, past participle stem of putare "to judge, suppose, believe, suspect," originally "to clean, trim, prune" (see pave). At first especially in putative marriage, one which, though legally invalid, was contracted in good faith by at least one party. Related: Putatively.
实用例句
1. the putative father of this child
这孩子的推定的父亲
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2. There have been many attempts to track down the putative Loch Ness monster.
人们为追踪假定存在的尼斯湖水怪做了许多努力。
来自辞典例句
3. According to Mike Brewer of the IFS, this putative new category has little validity.
伦敦财政研究所的MikeBrewer认为这个新出现的定义并没有实际意义.
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4. Putative oncogenes, tumour suppressor genes and proto - oncogenes implicated in cancer are also included.
数据库十分专业.推定癌变, 肿瘤压迫基因和蛋白相关癌变信息也有涉及.
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5. The first of these, fixing a border between Israel and the putative Palestine, is hard enough.
