postulates

英 [ˈpɒstjuleɪts]

美 [ˈpɑːstʃuleɪts]

v.  假定; 假设
postulate的第三人称单数

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。

双语例句

• At first glance, the two postulates seem innocent enough.
  乍一看来，这两个假设似乎够单纯的了。
• A proposition deducible from basic postulates.
  从基本公设推论出的命题。
• This conclusion contradicts the conventional view, which postulates just one migratory wave out of Asia.
  这个结论与传统的观点相矛盾，据传统的观点推测，只有一批移民来自亚洲。
• ID simply postulates that the universe possesses evidence that it was intelligently designed.
  它只是假设宇宙拥有证据证明它是由高智能设计的。
• The author postulates that the sun will die after 100 million years.
  那位作者假定一亿年后太阳会消失[能量会用尽]。
• Finally, the rational distance and the internal relation of three types fasteners are given under some rational postulates.
  在分析板与板、板与梁和板与檩条间连接件相关性分析的基础上，提出了这三类连接件合理设置间距。
• It postulates privacy, open and honest communication.
  它要求具有隐密性的，开放而诚实的交际。
• Dick postulates an alternate ending to the Second World War, one which witnessed the defeat of the Allies, the conquest of the American continent by the Japanese Empire and Nazi Germany, and the subsequent Cold War fought between the two new Axis Powers.
  迪克在书中假设二战有了另外一种结局，反法西斯同盟被打败，全北美洲都被日本帝国和纳粹德国所征服，接下来这两大轴心国之间便开始冷战。
• And I think I put up the postulates.
  我想我已经建立过这种假设了。
• Several scientific groups working on SARS around the world had met three postulates.
  世界上研究莎士的几支科研组已了三项假定。