theorize

英 [ˈθɪəraɪz]

美 [ˈθiːəraɪz]

v.  从理论上说明; 形成理论; 理论化

现在分词：theorizing　过去分词：theorized　过去式：theorized　第三人称单数：theorizes　

Collins.1 / BNC.25941 / COCA.10652

牛津词典

verb

• 从理论上说明；形成理论；理论化
  to suggest facts and ideas to explain sth; to form a theory or theories about sth
  1. The study theorizes about the role of dreams in peoples' lives.
     这项研究从理论上说明了梦在人们生活中的作用。

柯林斯词典

in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 theorise


• VERB 从理论上说明;建立理论
  If youtheorizethat something is true ortheorizeabout it, you develop an abstract idea or set of ideas about something in order to explain it.
  1. Police are theorizing that the killers may be posing as hitchhikers...
     警方推测那些杀手可能会假装成搭便车的人。
  2. By studying the way people behave, we can theorize about what is going on in their mind.
     通过研究人们的行为方式，我们可以从中推断他们内心的想法。

英英释义

verb

• form or construct theories
  1. he thinks and theorizes all day
• construct a theory about
  1. Galileo theorized the motion of the stars
• to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
  1. Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps
  Synonym:speculatetheoriseconjecturehypothesizehypothesisehypothecatesuppose

双语例句

• We can't allow ourselves to theorize about the development of city centers; Circumstances press us into making practical decisions.
  我们不能允许自己只从理论上说明城市中心的发展；形势逼我们做实际的决定。
• Dong Zhong-shu chiefly employed the method of analogy to systematize and theorize the Confucian theory of man is an integral part of nature in "chunqiu fanlu".
  摘要汉儒董仲舒在《春秋繁露》中，主要运用了类比论证的方式将儒家“天人合一”思想系统化、理论化。
• The sleeping brain, they theorize, is vastly capable of synthesizing complex information.
  他们形成的理论是睡眠的大脑对合成复杂信息具有非常强的能力。
• It's easy to theorize about what might have happened.
  对于可能发生的事作理论上的推测是很容易的。
• Police are theorizing that the killers may be posing as hitchhikers
  警方推测那些杀手可能会假装成搭便车的人。
• But some researchers theorize females may experience a'tend-and-befriend'response as well, pumping out extra oxytocin and prolactin, hormones that enhance nurturing.
  但是，一些研究人员的理论称女性还可能会经历一种“照料+交友”的反应，产生大量的催产素和催乳激素。
• Black oozes do not appear concerned with self-preservation, and some theorize they cannot feel pain.
  黑色淤泥似乎并不关心自我保护，一些人认为它们无法感觉到疼痛。
• Why do not archeologists theorize Hebrew or Egyptian linkages or influences in Mesoamerica?
  为什麽考古学家不将希伯来文或埃及文对古代中美洲的影响理论化？
• For instance, if we find life life elsewhere and it has DNA, we can theorize that DNA is an absolutely necessary component of life.
  举个例子来说，如果我们在别处发现了生命，而它也有DNA，那么我们能产生这样的理论：DNA是生命所绝对必须的成分。
• As much as we try to calculate and theorize "chaos", it is still" chaos ".
  尽管我们不厌其烦地试图估算“混沌”并将其理论化，但它仍然是“混沌”一片。