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.
雙語例句
1. the putative father of this child
這孩子的推定的父親
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
2. There have been many attempts to track down the putative Loch Ness monster.
人們?yōu)樽粉櫦俣ù嬖诘哪崴购肿隽嗽S多努力。
來自辭典例句
3. According to Mike Brewer of the IFS, this putative new category has little validity.
倫敦財政研究所的MikeBrewer認(rèn)為這個新出現(xiàn)的定義并沒有實際意義.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
4. Putative oncogenes, tumour suppressor genes and proto - oncogenes implicated in cancer are also included.