中英互译
postulate
英 /ˈpɒstʃəleɪt/美 /ˈpɑːstʃəleɪt/
基本释义
- v.假定,假设;(教会法)提名(某人)任圣职,选举(某人)任圣职
- n.<正式>假定,假设;<正式>(数)公设
复数postulates
第三人称单数postulates
现在分词postulating
过去式postulated
过去分词postulated
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词语例句
假定,假设vt.&vi.
He dismissed arguments postulating differing standards for human rights in different cultures and regions.
他无法接受的是假定人权标准在不同文化和地区有所不同。
(教会法)提名(某人)任圣职,选举(某人)任圣职vt.
The Prime Minister is able to postulate the bishop of Bury St Edmunds.
首相可以提名任职伯里圣埃德蒙的主教。
<正式>假定,假设cn.
He challenges the postulate of global warming.
他对全球变暖的假设提出质疑。
- The universe encompasses all of space and time we know, so it is beyond the realm of the Big Bang model to postulate what the universe beyond our horizon is.宇宙包含我们所知的所有空间和时间,所以要求用大爆炸模型解释我们视界之外的宇宙超出了这个模型的限定范围。
- Therefore some scientists postulate that the Earth's earliest atmosphere, unlike that of today, was dominated by hydrogen, methane, and ammonia.因此,一些科学家推断,地球早期的大气与现在的不一样,主要由氢、甲烷和氨构成。
- Let's postulate that she is a cook.我们假定她是一位厨师。
相关短语
- the postulate of...……的假设
- parallel postulate平行公设;平行公理
- accounting postulate会计假设;会计假定;管帐假设
- Drucker postulate德鲁克公设
- bayes postulate贝叶斯公设
- continuity postulate连续经营假设;持续经营;持续经营假设
词语扩展
n.
基本条件;假定
n.
postulation假定;要求;圣职任命
postulator请愿者;假定者;宣福申请人,列圣申请人
词义分布
公设
46.2%
假定
38.5%
基本原理
15.4%
英英释义
- n.(logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning
- v.maintain or assert
- v.take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom
- v.require as useful, just, or proper
词源
- postulate假定,假设,提出要求,视为理所当然来自拉丁语postulare,要求,声称,断言,来自poscere,请求,紧急要求,-t,过去分词格,来自Proto-Italic*porsko,来自PIE*prek,要求,请求,词源同precarious,pray,可能来自PIE*per,向前,前行,词源同ford,proceed.引申词义假设,假定等。