theorized

英 [ˈθɪəraɪzd]

美 [ˈθiːəraɪzd]

v.  从理论上说明; 形成理论; 理论化
theorize的过去分词和过去式

COCA.42897

柯林斯词典

in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 theorise


• VERB 从理论上说明;建立理论
  If youtheorizethat something is true ortheorizeabout it, you develop an abstract idea or set of ideas about something in order to explain it.
  1. Police are theorizing that the killers may be posing as hitchhikers...
     警方推测那些杀手可能会假装成搭便车的人。
  2. By studying the way people behave, we can theorize about what is going on in their mind.
     通过研究人们的行为方式，我们可以从中推断他们内心的想法。

双语例句

• In the case of the Milky Way, astronomers detected a huge, hot gas halo, or corona, that could be as much as100,000 light-years across, much bigger than earlier scientists theorized.
  以银河系为例，天文学家检测到一个巨大的热气日冕，它横跨10万光年，比先前科学家的理论推测要大许多。
• The geologist theorized brilliantly about the age of the earth.
  这地质学家出色地导出有关地球年龄。
• Media Equation, established by Byron Reeves and Clifford Nass after 10 years hardworking, is theorized from study on relationship between human and media.
  媒体等同是美国学者巴伦·李维斯和克利夫·纳斯对媒体与人的关系经过十年研究得出的结论。
• The effect was so pervasive that researchers theorized the discrimination must be governed by unconscious cultural biases rather than overt sexism.
  这样的情况非常普遍，因此研究人员推测，这种歧视肯定来自于无意识的文化偏见，而不是公开的性别歧视。
• Scientists had previously theorized that, except for the possibility of ice at the bottom of craters, the moon was totally dry.
  科学家以前的理论认为，除了冰在火山口底部的可能性，月亮完全干燥。
• He theorized that "one of the possible source of water is a comet."
  他的理论认为，“对水的源头之一，是彗星。”
• It is not known what caused their sudden spread, but experts have theorized that an increase in global travel and the banning of certain pesticides may be partly responsible.
  至今它们大肆传播的确切原因不得而知，但专家表示，可能的因素包括全球旅行的增加和某些杀虫剂的禁用。
• Black holes have captivated astronomers and science fiction fans alike since they were first theorized in the18th Century.
  自从18世纪黑洞理论提出以来，吸引了许多天文学家和相关课题的科学迷们。
• Researchers have theorized that sleep may restore some chemical that is drained during periods of wakefulness.
  一些研究人员提出的理论认为，睡眠可以恢复人在不睡觉时失去的某些化学物质。
• Nancy and I next theorized that the chicken had escaped from a live-poultry market about four blocks away and was on the run.
  南希和我接着怀疑它是从一个大约四栋楼远的活禽市场跑出来的，而且还在继续逃命。