一、详细释义：
v.
假定；臆断 [T]
例句：
You assume his innocence before hearing the evidence against him.
在未听到对他不利的证言之前，你假定他是无罪的。
例句：
I assume that it is so.
我假定它是这样。
例句：
Let's [assume] it to be true.
让我们假设这是真的。
采取 [T]
例句：
The response is to assume a supercilious pose to hide a lack of confidence.
其反应是故意采取傲慢的姿态来掩饰自身缺乏自信。
例句：
The statuses we assume often vary with the people we encounter.
我们采取的身份是随着接触人的不同而改变。
承担 [T]
例句：
In case of bilateral breach, the parties shall assume their respective liabilities accordingly.
当事人双方都违反合同的，应当各自承担相应的责任。
例句：
She demands that he assume the responsibility.
她要求他承担责任。
呈现；具有 [T]
例句：
The stones began to grow soft and to assume shape.
这些石头开始变软，呈现形状。
例句：
We could assume numerous forms.
我们能呈现出多种的外形。
夺取，继承 [T]
例句：
Germany has long been braced for the much faster-growing chinese economy to assume its world export champion title.
对于增长更快的中国经济夺取其全球出口冠军称号，德国早就有了心理准备。
例句：
It signifies that this young person is eligible to assume the crown.
它表明我们的这位年轻人符合了继承王位的条件。
装腔作势 [I]
例句：
They who assume a character that doesn't belong to them generally betray themselves by overacting it.
装腔作势、过分卖弄的人，总是要露原形的。
例句：
People assume I’m judging them, just because I do things differently.
人们装腔作势地说我对他们的行为挑三拣四，而这仅仅是因为我的行为方式与众不同。
二、词义辨析：
assume,presume,suppose,guess,postulate
这些动词均含为“假设，猜想，推测”之意。 assume指有很少或完全无根据的武断推测或不合逻辑的推理。 presume侧重以过去经验或根据现实的某些感觉把某事认定为是事实。 suppose常用词，意义较广泛，指缺乏确切事实，根据一些现象进行的推测，也可指为论证而提出合乎逻辑推理的某种假定，有时仅表示自己的意见。 guess常用词，指毫无根据仅凭个人主观臆断或碰运气的猜测。 postulate指为证实一个理论的正确性而进行的假设。
三、参考例句：
We could assume numerous forms.
我们能呈现出多种的外形。
Assume the best in others.
从他人身上看到优点。
Don't assume bad intentions.
不要用恶意揣测别人
Let's assume it to be true.
让我们假设这是真的。
I assume that it is so.
我假定它是这样。
She demands that he assume the responsibility.
她要求他承担责任。
You will assume your new duties tomorrow.
明天你将开始执行新的任务。
Don't assume empty seats are available.
别猜想可以使用空位置。
Never assume malice when stupidity will suffice.
“当你做了蠢事的时候，不要怨恨。
He had to assume the responsibility of educating his children.
他必须承担起教育孩子的责任。