postulate
英 [ˈpɒstjuleɪt , ˈpɒstjulət]
美 [ˈpɑːstʃuleɪt , ˈpɑːstʃulət]
v. 假定; 假设
n. 假定; 假设
过去分词:postulated 过去式:postulated 第三人称单数:postulates 现在分词:postulating 复数:postulates
Collins.1 / BNC.10534 / COCA.13028
牛津词典
verb
- 假定;假设
to suggest or accept that sth is true so that it can be used as the basis for a theory, etc.- They postulated a 500-year lifespan for a plastic container.
他们假定塑料容器的寿命为500年。
- They postulated a 500-year lifespan for a plastic container.
noun
- 假定;假设
a statement that is accepted as true, that forms the basis of a theory, etc.
柯林斯词典
- VERB 假定;假设
If youpostulatesomething, you suggest it as the basis for a theory, argument, or calculation, or assume that it is the basis.- ...arguments postulating differing standards for human rights in different cultures...
假设不同文化有不同人权标准的论点 - Freud postulated that we all have a death instinct as well as a life instinct.
弗洛伊德曾假定我们所有人都有生存本能和死亡本能。
- ...arguments postulating differing standards for human rights in different cultures...
- N-COUNT 假定;假设
Apostulateis an idea that is suggested as or assumed to be the basis for a theory, argument, or calculation.- Offe also challenges the postulate of an 'organized capitalism'.
奥费也质疑“有组织的资本主义”的假设。
- Offe also challenges the postulate of an 'organized capitalism'.
The verb is pronounced /'pɒstjʊleɪt/. The noun is pronounced /'pɒstjʊlət/. 动词读作 /'pɒstjʊleɪt/。名词读作 /'pɒstjʊlət/。
英英释义
noun
- (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning
verb
- take as a given
- He posited three basic laws of nature
- maintain or assert
- He contended that Communism had no future
- require as useful, just, or proper
- It takes nerve to do what she did
- success usually requires hard work
- This job asks a lot of patience and skill
- This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice
- This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert
- This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent
双语例句
- I would even postulate that it began with Ming-ji Reformation in the mid-19th century.
我猜应该从19世纪中叶的明治维新开始。 - We postulate a relationship between the use of amphetamine and occurrence of acute thrombosis of multiple major coronary arteries.
我们推论安非他命的使用和发生多重冠状动脉急性血栓的形成存在著因果关系。 - You might be wondering about the absence from our list of the Born postulate.
你们可能感到惊讶,在我们的列举中没有玻恩的假设。 - If you postulate the force like that it explains the phenomena.
如果你假设这个力的存在那就能解释一些现象了。 - The sciences postulate their respective objects, such as space, number, or whatever it be; and it might be supposed that philosophy had also to postulate the existence of thought.
每一科学均须各自假定它所研究的对象,如空间、数等等,而哲学似乎也须先假定思维的存在,作为思维的对象。 - They postulate excessive increases in population.
他们假定人口增长过快。 - The null result was directly related to a central postulate of the theory.
零结果都直接与理论的中心假设相联系。 - Of necessity this path has raised some fundamental research issues that have not preoccupied the mainstream path-specifically the nature of institutions, the separation of institutions from organizations, an explicit concern with political institutions, and a critical evaluation of the rationality postulate.
这条路径已经提出了一些主流还没有关注的基本的研究问题,具体的有制度的性质,制度与组织的区别,明确关注政治制度,以及理性假设的关键发展。 - Offe also challenges the postulate of an 'organized capitalism'.
奥费也质疑“有组织的资本主义”的假设。 - The postulate that there is little moral difference between the superpowers ( Henry A.Kissinger)
假设超级大国之间没有什么道德差别(亨利A.基辛格)