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
- 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。 - Now, think psychological physiology disease should have the following postulate commonly: ① psychology society should be stimulated coming on with development process respect has main effect;
现在，一般认为心理生理疾病应具备以下基本条件：①心理社会应激在发病与发展过程方面有重要作用； - 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。 - 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。 - First of all, the paper explains the postulate of the system, it adopts the means of current sum of three-phase to figure out capacitance and tan δ.
首先说明该系统的技术原理，采用三相电流和法计算获得介损和电容量。 - The null result was directly related to a central postulate of the theory.
零结果都直接与理论的中心假设相联系。 - 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。 - 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 - 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。 - So you have to, under this rule, postulate several loss of coolant accidents of different sizes and locations.
所以，你们必须，在这些规定下，假定不同大小和地点的，冷却剂损失的事故。