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　

CET6TOEFLGRE

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.
  1. They postulated a 500-year lifespan for a plastic container.
     他们假定塑料容器的寿命为500年。

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

The verb is pronounced /'pɒstjʊleɪt/. The noun is pronounced /'pɒstjʊlət/. 动词读作 /'pɒstjʊleɪt/。名词读作 /'pɒstjʊlət/。


• 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.
  1. ...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
  2. 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。
• 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.
  1. 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。

英英释义

noun

• (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning
  Synonym:posit

verb

• take as a given
  1. He posited three basic laws of nature
  Synonym:posit
• maintain or assert
  1. He contended that Communism had no future
  Synonym:contend
• require as useful, just, or proper
  1. It takes nerve to do what she did
  2. success usually requires hard work
  3. This job asks a lot of patience and skill
  4. This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice
  5. This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert
  6. This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent
  Synonym:necessitateaskneedrequiretakeinvolvecall fordemand

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• One can also postulate several types of attack against such a system.
  此外，还可以针对此类系统假设多种类型的攻击手段。
• The symbol x ( a, b) is to be interpreted subject to this postulate, in case such interpretation is possible.
  在这种解释成立时，符号x（a，b）要按照这个公设来解释。
• And postulate number five is some of Bohr's early genius.
  假设五中涉及到的，是些波尔的早期成就。
• 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。
• 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。
• They postulate that either solitude is a more positive experience than interacting with strangers, or people misunderstand the consequences of distant social connections.
  与陌生人说话的状态相比，他们假定了两种状态：独自坐着比聊天交流的体验好，或是人们误解了社会关系中距离感的后果。