deem /di:m/ vt. 认为，视为（ 跟复合结构或从句）：deem it wise to refuse an offer 认为拒绝提议是明智的； deem a plan (to be) sensible 认为计划是可行的 They deemed that it was their duty to help him.(=…deem it their duty to help him.) 他们认为有责任帮助他。［考句］ Anyone not paying the registration fee by the end of this month will be deemed to have withdrawn from the program.到本月底还不缴纳登记费的任何人将被认为是退出了该计划。
［辨析］与consider, regard和reckon辨见consider
