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
- If so we shall have a wave function that satisfies our new postulate.
如果事实确是如此,我们就得到了一个满足新假设的波函数。 - These findings led the investigators to postulate that the organism is commonly present on mucous membranes and skin.
这些发现使得研究者们得出一种假说,该有机体通常在粘膜和皮肤上存在。 - 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 Crucial Experiment for Checking Einstein's Postulate of the Constancy of the Speed of Light
爱因斯坦光速不变假设的判决性实验检验 - 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。 - Hence the poet attempted to rehabilitate the latter in a round-about way, succeeding, however, only by means of a postulate.
因此,诗人试图恢复后者在一个迂回的方式取得了成功,但是,只有通过一个假设。 - Under the postulate of constrained maximization, the choice of the form of competition is always a result of constrained transaction cost minimization.
在局限下极大化的假设下,竞争形式的选择一定是基于交易费用的局限下极小化的。 - Others postulate that some miners, working far too deep in the ground, inadvertently operated in areas of powerful buried magic.
其它一些假设是,一些矿工,挖到地面之下太深了。无意中挖了埋藏有强大魔法的地方。 - In many ways he is advancing a philosophic postulate of great scope and power, although the full development of the thesis is only left deeply embedded.
从很多方面看来,他是在向一种宏观视野,与权力的哲学式假说迈进,虽然这个论点并未发展完全,只是深植在他的想法中。 - I think we can postulate a utility function along the following lines: having a Christmas tree up during the Christmas season brings positive utility, but diminishing marginal utility over time.
我觉得我们可以按照以下思路来假定一个效用函数:在圣诞节期间有一棵圣诞树可以带来正的效用,但随着时间流逝,边际效用就会递减。