presuppose

英 [ˌpriːsəˈpəʊz]

美 [ˌpriːsəˈpoʊz]

v.  姑且认为; 假设; 以…为前提; 依…而定

第三人称单数：presupposes　过去分词：presupposed　过去式：presupposed　现在分词：presupposing　

IELTSTEM8

BNC.10476 / COCA.14031

牛津词典

verb

• 姑且认为；假设
  to accept sth as true or existing and act on that basis, before it has been proved to be true
  1. Teachers sometimes presuppose a fairly high level of knowledge by the students.
     教师有时候假定学生的知识水平相当高。
• 以…为前提；依…而定
  to depend on sth in order to exist or be true
  1. His argument presupposes that it does not matter who is in power.
     他的论点前提是谁掌权都无关紧要。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 预先假定；以…为前提；以…为先决条件
  If one thingpresupposesanother, the first thing cannot be true or exist unless the second thing is true or exists.
  1. All your arguments presuppose that he's a rational, intelligent man...
     你所有论点的前提都是他是一个理性而聪明的人。
  2. The end of an era presupposes the start of another.
     一个时代的结束意味着另一个时代的开始。

英英释义

verb

• require as a necessary antecedent or precondition
  1. This step presupposes two prior ones
  Synonym:suppose
• take for granted or as a given
  1. I presuppose that you have done your work
  Synonym:suppose

双语例句

• Surveying work is basis, presuppose and guarantee for construction. It directly effects on the construction velocity, period and benefits.
  测量工作是建设的基础、前提和保证，直接影响着建设的速度、工期和效益。
• If we presuppose these works of modernism are artworks, please take my humble advice: Please give up the impossible attempt to define art, and it would be more advisable to go out for a glass of beer.
  如果我们假定现代主义的这些东西是艺术品，那么请采纳我谦卑的建议：请彻底放弃为艺术下定义这桩不可能的事，出去喝杯啤酒是更可取的。
• The equality of human beings does not presuppose, however, biological equality.
  但人类的平等并不能预先设定，更何况是生物上平等。
• The lapse speed operation ci pumps is a kind of energy-saving regulation. The economical operation of the system presuppose the determination of high-efficient lapse speed range of pumps.
  水泵降速运行是水泵的一种节能调节方式，确定水泵的高效降速范围是保证系统经济运行的前提。
• This toolkit does not presuppose any specific methodology for developing SIP-based services.
  该工具包不会为基于SIP的服务的开发预先假设任何具体的方法。
• If I am counting upon a visit from a friend, who may be coming by train or by tram, I presuppose that the train will arrive at the appointed time, or that the tram will not be derailed.
  如果我期望我的朋友前来看我，他可能坐火车或者电车前来，我预期火车将会在约定的时间到达，或者电车将不会出轨。
• What you are emphasizing, the thing that I presuppose, is that love isn't a single thing.
  你强调的东西和我预先假定的事情，是爱不是一个单独的东西。
• As I'll show today there are a lot of ways of seeing that these letters simply presuppose a different stage in early Christianity.
  但今天我还会指出，在很多地方，这些信都简单假设了，早期基督教的不同阶段。
• The first two involve the use of the supplied DASes, which presuppose you are probably going to be reading from and writing to a relational database or an XML file.
  前两种方法使用现成的DAS，以可能要读取或写入数据库或XML文件为前提。
• It doesn't presuppose any background in philosophy.
  它并不需要任何哲学基础。